@profblissett
Professor of Childhood Eating Behaviour. CoDirector of Aston Institute of Health & Neurodevelopment, Aston University, Birmingham, UK. Interested in why kids eat what they eat & the role of individual, family & system factors in eating development.
Latest paper to come from the APPETItE project, in which we show that distraction works really well to reduce eating in the absence of hunger. Thanks to all the team for all the work involved, especially @katieedders.bsky.social who led on this one 🤩 kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
Dream team at #ISBNPA2025 @astonpsychology.bsky.social
Really looking forward to the next few days at #ISBNPA2025 with colleagues from @astonpsychology.bsky.social. It’s always a great, fun, active, healthy and productive conference. Megan and I compensated for this by spending yesterday investigating the local vineyards 😀
What an exciting evening at Aston this evening-Professor Gina Rippon giving her talk about her latest book, the lost girls of autism.
Thank you Marion, that means so much to me and the whole APPETItE team 😍
@profblissett.bsky.social APPETiTE project was a highlight for me 🎉 fantastic 3yr research project covering many aspects of avid eating in young children...
Dr William Day is the winner of the BPS's Qualitative Methods in Psychology section Doctoral Award for his thesis on experiences of living with chronic 'unseen' illnesses within the wider context of the UK's health-based welfare systems. Congratulations, Will!
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Neural Correlates of Children with Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) Symptoms
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Video Abstract, from Dr. Michelle Sader discusses her co-authored JCPP paper.
#ACAMHlearn #ARFID #EatingDisorders
@marloz-cas.bsky.social a useful thread below on preprints!
At UKSBM for two days of talking about the latest evidence in behavioural medicine- great to catch up with colleagues old and new.
I’m delighted to share our animation of recommendations for parents of children with avid appetites, who repeatedly ask for snacks. This is one of the outputs from our ESRC funded APPETItE study. All publications so far can also be found on the website 😊 www.appetite-research.com/animation-fo...
We had a great talk at Aston Psychology today from Dr Charlotte Buckley, University of Liverpool in the use of Agent-based modelling in health behaviours. Thanks to Dr Megan Jarman for organising!
🧵This #Children’sMentalHealthWeek we launched the #FutureMinds campaign urging the Government to take action and support children’s mental health as an investment in the future of our society.
We came together with leading charities to make the case for change, providing a clear costed plan. 1/4
Interested in children’s avid eating? As the APPETItE study comes to an end, we’ve uploaded some talks about the project, what we did, why we did it and what we found (+ links to our publications). Shortly we will be releasing an animation for parents, too.
www.appetite-research.com/end-of-proje...
This is going to be transformative for researchers working on longitudinal prediction in mental health!
Delighted to be attending this lecture! Prof Evangeline Wassmer giving the Inaugural lecture at Aston University with Birmingham Heath Partners- ‘White Matter Matters’ showcasing her transformative clinical research.
Some of the PEACh group wearing silly Christmas glasses raising a glass to wish you a happy festive season.
I lead the Psychology of Eating in Adults and Children (PEACh) research group at Aston University. As well as conducting high quality research, there is always time for promotion of research culture and human connection through the power of a Christmas Quiz 😎🌲🎁🍑
It was a real pleasure to come back to Birmingham and see the whole team again🥰 Attending the final project conference was incredible. I will definitely take the APPETItE project as a reference ♥️ I’m looking forward to seeing you all soon ♥️
@profblissett.bsky.social @katieedders.bsky.social
Thanks Pam very useful!
Seems there’s another surge in new users - welcome! Here’s my UK Psychology starter pack go.bsky.app/JUgQGsP
Jackie Blissett presenting a slide entitled targets for intervention
Finally @profblissett.bsky.social wrapped up a great day of learning about the #appetitestudy.
Managing avid eating is important to parents as it is a major area of conflict for them.
I posted lots about the #appetitestudy conference today in Birmingham UK led by @profblissett.bsky.social.
Fab day. Lots of great learning about #eatingbehaviour #psychology #research. And importantly a great lunch and friendly crowd :) 🧪 I was going to collate my posts below but have no idea how!
Snapshot of part of the Conference programme for the Appetite End of Project Conference held in Birmingham. Free to attend
Photo of Jackie Blissett standing at a podium presenting a slide to an audience. The slide says It’s complex and has a complex diagram on it.
Excited to hear all about my colleagues’ APPETiTE project today @profblissett.bsky.social
Dream team! The APPETItE project involved people from Aston, UCL, Loughborough, KCL, as well as over 1000 families and many health professionals. Supported throughout by outstanding postdocs @katieedders.bsky.social @abigailpickard.bsky.social
A brilliant day, sharing our findings of the #APPETItE project with academics & clinicians in Birmingham. Our conference presentations, publications and an animation for parents will soon be available on appetite-research.com 🤩 thanks to the team and all the families involved in our studies ❤️
Thanks Zoe, hope you enjoyed the day!
Published version out now: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @katieedders.bsky.social @profblissett.bsky.social #behsci #psychscisky
Interested in how babies understand the visual/social world? 🧠👶🤖 I'm anticipating accepting a new PhD student! 🚨 Grow your #DevPsyc, #eeg, #fNIRS, & #compneuro skills, contribute to NSF/NARSAD funded research in lovely DC 🌸
Deadline 12/1: www.american.edu/cas/neurosci... (GRE op.)
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