Maria Waling

Biographic Data

ID4420783
NAMEMaria Waling
GIVEN NAMESMaria
FAMILY NAMEWaling
SIGNATUREWALING M
AFFILIATIONSUmeå University
ORCID0000-0001-9743-8567
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS8
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Food-related sensory activities for children in educational settings

    Open AccessH Weiser, Maria Waling et al.ARTICLEAppetite2026

    Hands-on activities, where children explore food with their senses, are of interest for their potential to promote healthy eating. Various food-related sensory activities (FRSA) have been developed as interventions, but design, delivery and outcome variation challenge a robust evaluation of programs. Some argue that a focus on health is narrow and that FRSA could foster other competences, including non-health dimensions of sustainability. The obj…

  • Somewhat forgotten”

    Open AccessSeija Sandberg, Mikaela Nyroos et al.ARTICLEFood Culture & Society2025References: 5

    In line with equal opportunities for all, free school meals are served to all pupils in Swedish compulsory schools, prepared and served by assigned school meal staff. This paper explores how school meal staff describe and approach their roles and responsibilities in relation to the school meal, and what influences their conditions to contribute to an inclusive school meal community. Based on approximately 100 hours of participant observations ove…

  • Head teacher perspectives on school lunch

    Open AccessLinda Berggren, Maria Waling et al.ARTICLEHealth Education Journal2024

    Objective: Previous research indicates that head teachers in Sweden frequently fail to see school lunch as part of the educational activities of a school. This study contributes to an understanding of how head teachers in Sweden perceive and experience current national policy intentions related to school lunch. Design: Qualitative inquiry. Setting: Ten municipal state schools in Sweden. Method: Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted…

  • Collaborative participation in a home economics context

    Open AccessKristiina Janhonen, Cecilia Olsson et al.ARTICLEEducation Inquiry2023Cited by: 1References: 1

    This action research study explores how co-developing school meals can be taken as a case for education for sustainable development, as integrated to home economics education. We analyse a seven-month-process of collaborative participation in a Finnish secondary school conducted with two home economics teachers, a school food manager, and students during a voluntary home economics course. Data include interviews, multi-professional meetings, and …

  • Between good intentions and practical constraints

    Open AccessLennart Berggren, Cecilia Olsson et al.ARTICLECambridge Journal of Education2021

    In Sweden, pupils eat tax-funded school lunches, often in the company of teachers. This article focuses on Swedish compulsory school grade (ages 7–15) teachers’ (n = 823) perceptions of the school lunch in terms of intentions and daily practice. Analysis was based on written answers for an open-ended question that was part of a questionnaire focusing on teachers’ attitudes towards school lunch as a pedagogical activity. It was found that particip…

  • The lived experiences of school lunch

    Open AccessLennart Berggren, Cecilia Olsson et al.ARTICLEChildren s Geographies2019Cited by: 7References: 8

    School lunch is in general regulated through policies and agendas constituted by the perspectives of adults. In this article, we focus on children's lived experiences of school lunch with a special emphasis on emotions and how they relate to social and physical dimensions. This study draws on empathy-based stories written by 10-11 year olds (n = 171) from schools in Sweden. We identified three themes: Interaction and exposure, Routines and restri…