TITAN Symposium “Improving Food Choices: Towards More Healthy Sustainable Diets”

You are warmly welcome to the Symposium ‘Improving Food Choices: Towards More Healthy and Sustainable Diets’ on Tuesday 23rd September 2025 in the University of Helsinki main building (Tekla Hultin lecture hall, Fabianinkatu 33, Helsinki) and online.

Make sure you register now!  Deadline to register: Tuesday 2 September 2025

Agenda

9.00         Registration and morning coffee

9.30         Opening of the Symposium

9.35         Opening words: Introduction to TITAN Isabelle Guelinckx, ILSI Europe

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Session 1 “Building Sustainable and Healthy Food Environments”

Chair: Maijaliisa Erkkola, University of Helsinki

9.45         The Connection between Parental and Child Food Neophobia – Cross Cultural study among European Families Kamila Bargiel-Matusiewicz, University of Warsaw

10.05      The impact of a healthy and climate-friendly dietary intervention in early education and care on children’s food acceptance and consumption Henna Vepsäläinen, University of Helsinki

10.25      Use of tools to improve understanding of healthy sustainable diets Elena Santa Cruz, AZTI

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10.45      Break

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11.00      Creating sustainable healthy diets whilst minimising change from current diets: experiences from the island of Ireland, Anne Nugent, Queen’s University Belfast

11.20      Impact of digitally provided science-based nutritional information on food purchases Elviira Lehto, University of Helsinki

11.40      Consumer preferences for combined health and sustainability labelling of foods Lynn Frewer, Newcastle University

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12.00      Lunch and networking in Agora

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Session 2 “The impact of the Sus-health Index on improving food choices: a “living lab” experiment in Finland”

Chair: Paul Brereton, Queen’s University Belfast

14.00      Online experiment Charles Gillan, Queen’s University Belfast

14.15      Short introduction to the Sus-Health concept Paul Brereton, Queen’s University Belfast

14.25      Sus-Health Index Joe Livingstone, Queen’s University Belfast

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14.45      Coffee break

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15.15      Living Lab design and results Joe Livingstone, Queen’s University Belfast, George Hutchinson, Queen’s University Belfast, Satu Kinnunen, University of Helsinki

15.45      Living Lab experiences Ruslan Kuskov, Emilia Mastokangas, Pekko Nordström, Suvi Huttunen, Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences

16.05      Food based Indices for nutrition and the environment Eva Leanne Thomas, Queen’s University Belfast

16.25      Q & A

16.35      Closing of the Symposium