Penn State's Children's Eating And Behavior Lab
@psukellerlab.bsky.social
We are research lab focused on the eating behavior of children and trying to make discoveries beneficial for all of our health.
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We are recruiting for our new study!
You can link to the screening below.
redcap.ctsi.psu.edu/surveys/?s=M...
#Nutrition #Science #Recruitment #Studies #PennState
You can link to the screening below.
redcap.ctsi.psu.edu/surveys/?s=M...
#Nutrition #Science #Recruitment #Studies #PennState
During a visit to our lab, a parent noticed on a survey that we asked about their consumption of potatoes, and then a separate question about fries.
"Is there that much of a difference between a fry and other potatoes?"
diabetesjournals.org/care/article...
Based on the evidence, we think so!
"Is there that much of a difference between a fry and other potatoes?"
diabetesjournals.org/care/article...
Based on the evidence, we think so!
Potato Consumption and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Results From Three Prospective Cohort Studies
OBJECTIVE. We aimed to elucidate whether potato consumption is associated with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D).RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS. We analy
diabetesjournals.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
During a visit to our lab, a parent noticed on a survey that we asked about their consumption of potatoes, and then a separate question about fries.
"Is there that much of a difference between a fry and other potatoes?"
diabetesjournals.org/care/article...
Based on the evidence, we think so!
"Is there that much of a difference between a fry and other potatoes?"
diabetesjournals.org/care/article...
Based on the evidence, we think so!
One of the things to think about in terms of McDonald's is that they pushed "rewards" via the happy meal to help increase the demand from children.
What might happen if we offered toy premiums instead to healthier meals?
This article explores that idea.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
What might happen if we offered toy premiums instead to healthier meals?
This article explores that idea.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
One of the things to think about in terms of McDonald's is that they pushed "rewards" via the happy meal to help increase the demand from children.
What might happen if we offered toy premiums instead to healthier meals?
This article explores that idea.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
What might happen if we offered toy premiums instead to healthier meals?
This article explores that idea.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
We are recruiting for our new study!
You can link to the screening below.
redcap.ctsi.psu.edu/surveys/?s=M...
#Nutrition #Science #Recruitment #Studies #PennState
You can link to the screening below.
redcap.ctsi.psu.edu/surveys/?s=M...
#Nutrition #Science #Recruitment #Studies #PennState
November 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
We are recruiting for our new study!
You can link to the screening below.
redcap.ctsi.psu.edu/surveys/?s=M...
#Nutrition #Science #Recruitment #Studies #PennState
You can link to the screening below.
redcap.ctsi.psu.edu/surveys/?s=M...
#Nutrition #Science #Recruitment #Studies #PennState
Hanging out in Atlanta, meeting colleagues and talking about Nutritional Science during Obesity Week!
#TOS2025 #Nutrition #Science #Community
#TOS2025 #Nutrition #Science #Community
November 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Hanging out in Atlanta, meeting colleagues and talking about Nutritional Science during Obesity Week!
#TOS2025 #Nutrition #Science #Community
#TOS2025 #Nutrition #Science #Community
Our lab will be doing some Outreach tonight at the local YMCA Trunk R Treat Event!
October 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Our lab will be doing some Outreach tonight at the local YMCA Trunk R Treat Event!
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NOURISH includes structural MRI scans to track how diet may affect brain structure—monitoring total brain & hippocampal volume, & white matter changes over time, in addition to brain infarcts. Nutrition science can inform how these neuroimaging markers change over time.
Click: tinyurl.com/4nfpp6s6
Click: tinyurl.com/4nfpp6s6
October 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
NOURISH includes structural MRI scans to track how diet may affect brain structure—monitoring total brain & hippocampal volume, & white matter changes over time, in addition to brain infarcts. Nutrition science can inform how these neuroimaging markers change over time.
Click: tinyurl.com/4nfpp6s6
Click: tinyurl.com/4nfpp6s6
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A pilot study recently published by Kathleen Keller, SSRI cofund & Helen A. Guthrie Chair of nutritional sciences at Penn State by In Frontiers in Nutrition demonstrated that the AI system is currently about 70% as successful as human bite counters. ➡️
Counting bites with AI might one day help prevent childhood obesity | Social Science Research Institute
The faster a child takes bites during a meal or snack, the greater risk they have for developing obesity, according to researchers in the Penn State Department of Nutritional Sciences. But research…
buff.ly
October 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A pilot study recently published by Kathleen Keller, SSRI cofund & Helen A. Guthrie Chair of nutritional sciences at Penn State by In Frontiers in Nutrition demonstrated that the AI system is currently about 70% as successful as human bite counters. ➡️
We are so proud to see Yashaswini Bhat's, work to be picked up by the National Media! She was an incredibly productive member of our lab over the past few years and we are happy to see her efforts recognized.
www.usnews.com/news/health-...
You can check out her profile below!
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www.usnews.com/news/health-...
You can check out her profile below!
lnkd.in/d2HXUKN4
www.usnews.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
We are so proud to see Yashaswini Bhat's, work to be picked up by the National Media! She was an incredibly productive member of our lab over the past few years and we are happy to see her efforts recognized.
www.usnews.com/news/health-...
You can check out her profile below!
lnkd.in/d2HXUKN4
www.usnews.com/news/health-...
You can check out her profile below!
lnkd.in/d2HXUKN4
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Some of the work of our Graduate Student, Yashaswini Bhat as we try to merge cutting edge technology with foundational food science!
#Nutrition #Science #AI
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www.psu.edu/news/health-...
#Nutrition #Science #AI
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www.psu.edu/news/health-...
Counting bites with AI might one day help prevent childhood obesity | Penn State University
The speed at which children take bites is associated with their risk of obesity. Researchers at Penn State are developing a new artificial intelligence model to measure children’s bite rates. They des...
www.psu.edu
October 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Some of the work of our Graduate Student, Yashaswini Bhat as we try to merge cutting edge technology with foundational food science!
#Nutrition #Science #AI
🍎📃🧪
www.psu.edu/news/health-...
#Nutrition #Science #AI
🍎📃🧪
www.psu.edu/news/health-...
Reposted by Penn State's Children's Eating And Behavior Lab
Some of our work being broadcasted by Penn State!
Easier to access than some of our official papers, so feel free to share with non-science folk!
#Nutrition #Fullness #Satiety #Behavior #Science
🍎📃🧪
Easier to access than some of our official papers, so feel free to share with non-science folk!
#Nutrition #Fullness #Satiety #Behavior #Science
🍎📃🧪
Young girls may be less responsive to food fullness cues than young boys | Penn State University
Young boys and girls eat different amounts if provided with fruit before a meal, with girls consuming more, according to a new study led by researchers in the Penn State Department of Nutritional Scie...
www.psu.edu
October 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Some of our work being broadcasted by Penn State!
Easier to access than some of our official papers, so feel free to share with non-science folk!
#Nutrition #Fullness #Satiety #Behavior #Science
🍎📃🧪
Easier to access than some of our official papers, so feel free to share with non-science folk!
#Nutrition #Fullness #Satiety #Behavior #Science
🍎📃🧪
Some of the work of our Graduate Student, Yashaswini Bhat as we try to merge cutting edge technology with foundational food science!
#Nutrition #Science #AI
🍎📃🧪
www.psu.edu/news/health-...
#Nutrition #Science #AI
🍎📃🧪
www.psu.edu/news/health-...
Counting bites with AI might one day help prevent childhood obesity | Penn State University
The speed at which children take bites is associated with their risk of obesity. Researchers at Penn State are developing a new artificial intelligence model to measure children’s bite rates. They des...
www.psu.edu
October 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Some of the work of our Graduate Student, Yashaswini Bhat as we try to merge cutting edge technology with foundational food science!
#Nutrition #Science #AI
🍎📃🧪
www.psu.edu/news/health-...
#Nutrition #Science #AI
🍎📃🧪
www.psu.edu/news/health-...
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@fluxsociety.bsky.social I’m hiring a postdoc and PhD student. I wasn’t able to make it to the conference this year 😭 but if you’re interested in brain-food-weight-neurocog please reach out to me for more info!! #flux2025
September 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
@fluxsociety.bsky.social I’m hiring a postdoc and PhD student. I wasn’t able to make it to the conference this year 😭 but if you’re interested in brain-food-weight-neurocog please reach out to me for more info!! #flux2025
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This was an outstanding contribution by our doctoral student (recently graduated Yashaswini Bhat). Check out this deep learning model Yashu developed to automatically code eating behaviors in children. Potential intervention and cost saving invention.
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#Nutrition #Science #DeepLearning #AI
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#Nutrition #Science #DeepLearning #AI
Frontiers | ByteTrack: A Deep Learning Approach for Bite Count and Bite Rate Detection Using Meal Videos In Children
Assessing eating behaviors at a meal (e.g., eating rate) provides insight on risk for overconsumption and obesity. Traditional sensor-based methods often int...
www.frontiersin.org
September 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This was an outstanding contribution by our doctoral student (recently graduated Yashaswini Bhat). Check out this deep learning model Yashu developed to automatically code eating behaviors in children. Potential intervention and cost saving invention.
🍎📃🧪
#Nutrition #Science #DeepLearning #AI
🍎📃🧪
#Nutrition #Science #DeepLearning #AI
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Apply today! Expand your perspective on public policy issues related to nutrition and health through ASN's 2026 Science Policy Fellowship.
Applications due December 19. Learn more: nutrition.org/public-affai...
Applications due December 19. Learn more: nutrition.org/public-affai...
ASN Science Policy Fellowship - American Society for Nutrition
Gain an enhanced perspective on public policy issues related to nutrition and build skills to become a well-informed advocate for nutrition research and policy.
nutrition.org
October 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Apply today! Expand your perspective on public policy issues related to nutrition and health through ASN's 2026 Science Policy Fellowship.
Applications due December 19. Learn more: nutrition.org/public-affai...
Applications due December 19. Learn more: nutrition.org/public-affai...
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Another great article form the SSIB Special Issue: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Children who are more motivated by food (aka high food reinforcement) tend to eat more during meals and snacks—even when they’re not hungry.
Children who are more motivated by food (aka high food reinforcement) tend to eat more during meals and snacks—even when they’re not hungry.
Children’s satiety responsiveness moderates the association between food reinforcement and eating in the absence of hunger
The reinforcing value of food, a measure of motivation to obtain food, is associated with obesity in children. However, the extent to which food reinf…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Another great article form the SSIB Special Issue: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Children who are more motivated by food (aka high food reinforcement) tend to eat more during meals and snacks—even when they’re not hungry.
Children who are more motivated by food (aka high food reinforcement) tend to eat more during meals and snacks—even when they’re not hungry.
Some of our work being broadcasted by Penn State!
Easier to access than some of our official papers, so feel free to share with non-science folk!
#Nutrition #Fullness #Satiety #Behavior #Science
🍎📃🧪
Easier to access than some of our official papers, so feel free to share with non-science folk!
#Nutrition #Fullness #Satiety #Behavior #Science
🍎📃🧪
Young girls may be less responsive to food fullness cues than young boys | Penn State University
Young boys and girls eat different amounts if provided with fruit before a meal, with girls consuming more, according to a new study led by researchers in the Penn State Department of Nutritional Scie...
www.psu.edu
October 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Some of our work being broadcasted by Penn State!
Easier to access than some of our official papers, so feel free to share with non-science folk!
#Nutrition #Fullness #Satiety #Behavior #Science
🍎📃🧪
Easier to access than some of our official papers, so feel free to share with non-science folk!
#Nutrition #Fullness #Satiety #Behavior #Science
🍎📃🧪
This was an outstanding contribution by our doctoral student (recently graduated Yashaswini Bhat). Check out this deep learning model Yashu developed to automatically code eating behaviors in children. Potential intervention and cost saving invention.
🍎📃🧪
#Nutrition #Science #DeepLearning #AI
🍎📃🧪
#Nutrition #Science #DeepLearning #AI
Frontiers | ByteTrack: A Deep Learning Approach for Bite Count and Bite Rate Detection Using Meal Videos In Children
Assessing eating behaviors at a meal (e.g., eating rate) provides insight on risk for overconsumption and obesity. Traditional sensor-based methods often int...
www.frontiersin.org
September 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This was an outstanding contribution by our doctoral student (recently graduated Yashaswini Bhat). Check out this deep learning model Yashu developed to automatically code eating behaviors in children. Potential intervention and cost saving invention.
🍎📃🧪
#Nutrition #Science #DeepLearning #AI
🍎📃🧪
#Nutrition #Science #DeepLearning #AI