Fisker, Anna Marie

Hermanssdottir, Sunna

Rasmussen, Mai

English

Meals in day-care centers have for many children a crucial influence on the total experience of the stay. Research already suggests, that the meal situation should not be delimited to the nutritional meaning only, but has to be seen in a broad holistic perspective (Rasmussen and Smidt, 2001).In our research, regarding children’s eating habits and food preferences, we collaborated interdisciplinary, working holistically, involving appropriate disciplines, where knowledge from different fields was involved. The importance of working interdisciplinary in food innovation can be seen in the increasing interdisciplinary collaboration in leading agents of change within gastronomy and kitchen furniture among others. Here appurtenant stakeholders as designers,engineers, behavioral and food specialists collaborate in order to cover broad research, insights and expertise field, with the intention not to miss out any relevant angles and opportunities regarding the task to be solved (Fisker et al., 2011).This leads to the purpose of this study, which is to explore if and how interdisciplinary approach involving the disciplines of food, design, engineering, architecture and pedagogy can create solutions, that affect children’s eating habits and food preferences.In order to make evidence in the field, an interdisciplinary team consisting of food specialists, designers, engineers, architects and pedagogues, created a carrot pavilion and appurtenant carrot activities. The aim was to influence the children to create a positive and strong relationship to the carrot, and therefore the activities were all based on sensory and playfulness, as results show, thatsensory education has positive effect on children’s food preferences (Reverdy et al, 2010) and positive reinforcement retrains the brain to learn new patterns of behaviour (Koster, 2004). There were both action based and tranquil activities in order to reach the broad group of children. An example of an action-based activity was to throw carrot-bites into the mouth of a carrot character and an example of a tranquil activity was to personalize the carrot by drawing face and clothes on it. To strengthen the case and to research if physical architecture affects the children's eating habits and food preferences, we looked into the possibility, if the physical room for the activities had any relation to this effect. A 10 x 10 meter carrot pavilion with “walls” and “ceiling” of 5000 carrots hanging in invisible threads was created, making an architecturally defined space allowingvarious experiences. We tested if the children interacted with the surroundings, the feedstock.The carrot pavilion and the carrot activities were tested on a group of 25 children at the age of 3-5 years old. The results were positive and underpinning the thesis: integrating feedstock in context and activities can affect children's eating habits and food preferences.Based on the carrot case, the poster will present how the interdisciplinary approach involving food, design, architecture and pedagogy can create solutions that positively affect eating habits and food preferences among children, and furthermore if this aspect can strengthen innovation in the food sector and create valuable solutions related to health benefits among children

    Aalborg UniversitetHow Can Interdisciplinarity Of food, Design, Architecture, Engineering And PedagogyAffect Children's Eating Habits And Food Preferences?Fisker, Anna Marie; Hermanssdottir, Sunna; Rasmussen, MaiPublication date:2012Document VersionAccepted author manuscript, peer reviewed versionLink to publication from Aalborg UniversityCitation for published version (APA):Fisker, A. M., Hermanssdottir, S., & Rasmussen, M. (2012). How Can Interdisciplinarity Of food, Design,Architecture, Engineering And Pedagogy Affect Children's Eating Habits And Food Preferences?. Posterpresented at International Conference on Designing Food and Designing for Food, London, United Kingdom.http://www.fooddesign2012.comGeneral rightsCopyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright ownersand it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights.            ? Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research.            ? You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain            ? You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal ?Take down policyIf you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us at vbn@aub.aau.dk providing details, and we will remove access tothe work immediately and investigate your claim.Downloaded from vbn.aau.dk on: December 25, 2020HOW  CAN  INTERDISCIPLINARITY  OF  FOOD,  DESIGN, ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING AND PEDAGOGY AFFECT CHILDREN’S EATING HABITS AND FOOD PREFERENCES?Anna Marie Fisker, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Aalborg University     -    Hafdis Sunna Hermannsdottir, PhD. Fellow, Department of Civil Engineering, Aalborg University    -     Mai Brink Rasmussen, Scientific Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, Aalborg University The poster outlines the research on how to affect children’s eating habits and food preferences through interdisciplinary approach involving food specialists, designers, engineers, architects and pedagogues. In order to make evidence in the field an interdisciplinary team consisting of beforementioned disciplines created a carrot pavilion and appurtenant carrot activities that were tested on a group of 25 children at the age of 3-5 years old.CARROT PAVILIONIn order to research on the possibility, if physical architecture affects the children’s eating habits and food preferences, the interdisciplinary team built a 10 x 10 meter carrot pavilion with “walls” and “ceiling” of 5000 carrots hanging in invisible threads was created, making an architecturally defined space allowing various experiences. The aim was to influence the children to interact with the surroundings, the feedstock.daily lunch scheme arrangementsCARROT ACTIVITIESIn order to influence the children to create a positive and strong relationship to the carrot, there were created several activities based on sensory and playfulness, as results show, that sensory education has positive effect on children’s food preferences (Reverdy et al, 2010) and positive reinforcement retrains the brain to learn new patterns of behaviour (Koster, 2004). The activities were situated within the carrot pavilion and were both action based and tranquil activities in order to2 reach the broad group of children. ARCHITECTURAL EXPRESSION PLAYFUL ARCHITECTUREPLAYING IN CARROT PILE CREATING CARROT JEWELLERY PERSONALISING CARROT COMPETING USING CARROT BITESEuropean UnionEuropean Regional Development FundEuropean UnionEuropean Regional Development FundINTERDISCIPLINARY CREATION OF CARROT PAVILION AND CARROT ACTIVITIESRESULTS The results were positive, underpinning the thesis: integrating feedstock in context and activities can affect children’s eating habits and food preferences. This shows that working interdiscilinary involving food specialists, designers, architects, engineers and pedagoges has made it possible to create a solution involving relevant angles regarding the thesis. The results will be further used as design parameters, as this research is a part of an interdisciplinary research project, FRIDA, involving three different disciplines focusing on design, food and children. The aim of the FRIDA project is to turn lunch-scheme arranegements in Danish day-care institutions from passive to active.INTERDISCIPLINARITY The diagram explains the different disciplines in the interdisciplinary team, arrows showing the primary interaction within the team. ARCHITECTENGINEERSFOOD SPECIALISTDESIGNERPEDAGOGUES

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