NICKLAUS Sophie
National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), France
- Sophie Nicklaus is Director of Research 1st class at INRAE, at the Centre for Taste and Feeding behavior (Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l’Alimentation) in Dijon, France. Since 2017, she has been leading the team ‘Determinants of eating behaviour across the life course, relationships with health‘ at this centre.
- During her training as an agricultural engineer (AgroParisTech), she was interested in the sensory and nutritional qualities of foods and their determinants. Since her thesis at the University of Bourgogne, she has been studying children’s eating behaviour (food preferences; appetite control), to assess the effect of food properties (sensory properties, energy density) in the development and evolution of food preferences and consumption in children, using experimental and epidemiological approaches (in particular within the framework of two birth cohorts, OPALINE and ELFE).
- She is particularly interested in the impact of early food experiences on later eating behaviour and their contribution to health. She has published over 110 original articles and 21 reviews in international peer-reviewed journals; 22 book chapters; 1 edited book and a book for the general public on these topics.
- She is currently collaborating with public health authorities in France to develop and evaluate updated recommendations on infant feeding.
Recent publications:
- Arrazat L, et al. Traffic-light front-of-pack environmental labelling across food categories triggers more environmentally friendly food choices: a randomised controlled trial in virtual reality supermarket. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2023 Jan 26;20(1):7.
- De Rosso S, et al. Counseling parents about child feeding: a qualitative evaluation of French doctors and health/childcare professionals’ experiences and perception of a brochure containing new recommendations. BMC Public Health. 2022 Dec 8;22(1):2303.
- Dahmani J, et al. Nutritional quality and greenhouse gas emissions of vegetarian and non-vegetarian primary school meals: A case study in Dijon, France. Front Nutr. 2022 Oct 10;9:997144.
- Bell L, et al. Supporting strategies for enhancing vegetable liking in the early years of life: an umbrella review of systematic reviews. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021 May 8;113(5):1282-1300.
- Marty L, et al. The motivational roots of sustainable diets: Analysis of food choice motives associated to health, environmental and socio-cultural aspects of diet sustainability in a sample of French adults. Cleaner and Responsible Consumption. 2022 Jun 1;5:100059.