Helen Coulthard
Biographic Data
| ID | 6214028 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Helen Coulthard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Helen |
| FAMILY NAME | Coulthard |
| SIGNATURE | COULTHARD H |
| AFFILIATIONS | De Montfort University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7667-9564 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 133 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
The Development of the Food Averse Questionnaire
The aim of this study was to 1) develop a measure of avoidant eating behaviours for both typically developing children (TD), and those with Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC), and 2) to examine whether these current behaviours are associated with reports of early feeding difficulties in both populations. In study one (n = 336) parents of 4- to 14-year-old children completed a series of questions about food avoidance. Three subscales of food avoidan…
Social norms and young adults’ self-reported meat and plant-based meal intake
The influence of peers and friends on young adults’ plant-based eating
Music as an alternative self-regulation strategy to snack foods following a negative mood induction in 5-7-year-old children
This study aimed to extend studies that have looked at snack food consumption following a negative mood induction, and examine whether listening to a happy song would counteract these effects in children. A second aim was to examine whether parental feeding practices (use of food as a reward and the use of food to regulate emotions) and child Body Mass Index (BMI) would moderate any differences. Eighty 5-7-year-old children took part in a negativ…
How multiple threats to safety affects quality of life for picky eating adults
Picky eating describes a pattern of eating characterised by a narrow dietary range with rejection of both novel and familiar foods. Research has suggested that picky eating in adulthood is associated with several negative psychosocial outcomes including impaired quality of life. This research aimed to build and test a model explaining the relationship between picky eating and quality of life. 230 participants were recruited via online support for…
The lived experience of parenting a child with sensory sensitivity and picky eating
Picky eating" is a common behaviour seen in childhood in both clinical and nonclinical populations. Sensory processing difficulties have been repeatedly associated with food refusal and picky eating behaviours. The aim of this study was to explore the lived experiences of parents/caregivers who have a child displaying both sensory processing differences and picky eating behaviours utilising Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Particip…
A proposed theoretical model of impaired quality of life in picky eating adults
Food neophobia and the evaluation of novel foods in adults; the sensory, emotional, association (SEA) model of the decision to taste a novel food
Wellbeing in parents of children with picky eating and Arfid
Are music listening strategies associated with reduced food consumption following negative mood inductions; a series of three exploratory experimental studies
Emotions play an important role in overeating, yet there is little research looking at practical strategies to reduce overeating in response to a negative mood. In three different experimental studies, we tested if exposure to music can reduce food consumption in a negative mood. Female undergraduates (N = 120-121 in each study) completed a measure of emotional eating and reported baseline hunger. Mood ratings were taken at baseline, post-mood in…
Eating in the lockdown during the Covid 19 pandemic; self-reported changes in eating behaviour, and associations with BMI, eating style, coping and health anxiety
The role of perceived descriptive and injunctive norms on the self-reported frequency of meat and plant-based meal intake in UK-based adults
Music listening as a potential aid in reducing emotional eating
Emotional Eating (EE) is understood as a maladaptive self-regulation strategy to satisfy emotional needs instead of hunger. Consequently, EE has been associated with negative health consequences. Enjoyment of food and music share similar neural activations in the brain and are both used by people for regulating affect. This suggests that music listening could potentially be a healthier alternative to EE. The present study was designed to investig…
Using repeated visual exposure, rewards and modelling in a mobile application to increase vegetable acceptance in children
VeggieMaths
Evaluation of a pilot sensory play intervention to increase fruit acceptance in preschool children
Towards a further understanding of food neophobia in adults; associations with disgust sensitivity, anxiety and sensory processing
It's always on the safe list”
Five a day fillers
Play with your food! Sensory play is associated with tasting of fruits and vegetables in preschool children
Association between tactile over‐responsivity and vegetable consumption early in the introduction of solid foods and its variation with age
The main aim of the current study was to test the hypothesis that early reactions to a vegetable in infants may be associated with sensory processing, in particular, tactile over-responsivity. A secondary aim was to see whether the relationship between sensory over-responsivity and vegetable consumption would be moderated by the age of the infant. A sample of 61 infants was recruited from children's centres and playgroups in South Birmingham, UK.…
Sensory evaluation of a novel vegetable in school age children
Food neophobia and enjoyment of tactile play
Non-taste exposure techniques to increase fruit and vegetable (FV) acceptance in children
Exposure to vegetable variety in infants weaned at different ages
Fruit and vegetable consumption in children and their mothers. Moderating effects of child sensory sensitivity
Relationships between sensory sensitivity, anxiety and selective eating in children
Play with your food! Sensory play is associated with tasting of fruits and vegetables in preschool children
Food neophobia and enjoyment of tactile play
Eating in the lockdown during the Covid 19 pandemic; self-reported changes in eating behaviour, and associations with BMI, eating style, coping and health anxiety
The role of perceived descriptive and injunctive norms on the self-reported frequency of meat and plant-based meal intake in UK-based adults
Using repeated visual exposure, rewards and modelling in a mobile application to increase vegetable acceptance in children
It's always on the safe list”
Sensory evaluation of a novel vegetable in school age children
How multiple threats to safety affects quality of life for picky eating adults
Picky eating describes a pattern of eating characterised by a narrow dietary range with rejection of both novel and familiar foods. Research has suggested that picky eating in adulthood is associated with several negative psychosocial outcomes including impaired quality of life. This research aimed to build and test a model explaining the relationship between picky eating and quality of life. 230 participants were recruited via online support for…
Food neophobia and the evaluation of novel foods in adults; the sensory, emotional, association (SEA) model of the decision to taste a novel food
Evaluation of a pilot sensory play intervention to increase fruit acceptance in preschool children
Exposure to vegetable variety in infants weaned at different ages
Are music listening strategies associated with reduced food consumption following negative mood inductions; a series of three exploratory experimental studies
Emotions play an important role in overeating, yet there is little research looking at practical strategies to reduce overeating in response to a negative mood. In three different experimental studies, we tested if exposure to music can reduce food consumption in a negative mood. Female undergraduates (N = 120-121 in each study) completed a measure of emotional eating and reported baseline hunger. Mood ratings were taken at baseline, post-mood in…
Engagement in sensory play in preschool children as a predictor of food acceptance
Maternal Stress and Problem‐Solving Skills in a Sample of Children with Nonorganic Feeding Disorders
This study compared the problem‐solving strategies among 20 mothers whose infants were diagnosed with a feeding disorder against 20 matched controls. The mothers from the two groups were matched for age and level of education. All mothers completed two questionnaires: the Behavioral Pediatric Feeding Assessment Scale and the Parenting Stress Index (R.R. Abidin, 1990). To measure maternal problem‐solving skill, the Parent Means‐End Problem‐Solving…
Attachment and Coping Strategies in Middle Childhood Children whose Mothers Have a Mental Health Problem
Mental health has implications for the quality of relationships within a family, particularly between parents and children, but also between other family and non-family members. Previous research has investigated parental reports of attachment in families with mental health problems, but relationship representations as experienced by these children, especially in middle childhood, have not been so frequently investigated. An understanding of chil…
Delayed introduction of lumpy foods to children during the complementary feeding period affects child's food acceptance and feeding at 7 years of age
The study aimed to follow up children who had been introduced to lumpy solids (chewy foods) at different ages, and to assess their dietary intake and feeding difficulties at seven years of age. Information was collected from a geographically defined population of 7821 mothers of children born in 1991/92, part of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). Self-report questionnaires were completed by the mother about her child at…
Predicting children's emotional eating
Fruit and vegetable consumption in children and their mothers. Moderating effects of child sensory sensitivity
Attachment and Coping Strategies in Middle Childhood Children whose Mothers Have a Mental Health Problem
Mental health has implications for the quality of relationships within a family, particularly between parents and children, but also between other family and non-family members. Previous research has investigated parental reports of attachment in families with mental health problems, but relationship representations as experienced by these children, especially in middle childhood, have not been so frequently investigated. An understanding of chil…
Long-term consequences of early fruit and vegetable feeding practices in the United Kingdom
Objective To describe fruit and vegetable (FV) feeding practices at 6 months, and to examine whether these practices predict children’s FV intake at 7 years of age. Design A prospective, longitudinal design was adopted. The mothers completed self-reported questionnaires at 6 months and 7 years postpartum, containing questions about their child’s FV intake. Setting The study was carried out on a geographically representative population of infants …
Relationships between sensory sensitivity, anxiety and selective eating in children
Engagement in sensory play in preschool children as a predictor of food acceptance
Maternal Stress and Problem‐Solving Skills in a Sample of Children with Nonorganic Feeding Disorders
This study compared the problem‐solving strategies among 20 mothers whose infants were diagnosed with a feeding disorder against 20 matched controls. The mothers from the two groups were matched for age and level of education. All mothers completed two questionnaires: the Behavioral Pediatric Feeding Assessment Scale and the Parenting Stress Index (R.R. Abidin, 1990). To measure maternal problem‐solving skill, the Parent Means‐End Problem‐Solving…
Exposure to vegetable variety in infants weaned at different ages
Association between tactile over‐responsivity and vegetable consumption early in the introduction of solid foods and its variation with age
The main aim of the current study was to test the hypothesis that early reactions to a vegetable in infants may be associated with sensory processing, in particular, tactile over-responsivity. A secondary aim was to see whether the relationship between sensory over-responsivity and vegetable consumption would be moderated by the age of the infant. A sample of 61 infants was recruited from children's centres and playgroups in South Birmingham, UK.…
Sensory evaluation of a novel vegetable in school age children
Food neophobia and enjoyment of tactile play
Non-taste exposure techniques to increase fruit and vegetable (FV) acceptance in children
Play with your food! Sensory play is associated with tasting of fruits and vegetables in preschool children
VeggieMaths
Evaluation of a pilot sensory play intervention to increase fruit acceptance in preschool children
Towards a further understanding of food neophobia in adults; associations with disgust sensitivity, anxiety and sensory processing
It's always on the safe list”
Five a day fillers
Using repeated visual exposure, rewards and modelling in a mobile application to increase vegetable acceptance in children
Music listening as a potential aid in reducing emotional eating
Emotional Eating (EE) is understood as a maladaptive self-regulation strategy to satisfy emotional needs instead of hunger. Consequently, EE has been associated with negative health consequences. Enjoyment of food and music share similar neural activations in the brain and are both used by people for regulating affect. This suggests that music listening could potentially be a healthier alternative to EE. The present study was designed to investig…
Eating in the lockdown during the Covid 19 pandemic; self-reported changes in eating behaviour, and associations with BMI, eating style, coping and health anxiety
The role of perceived descriptive and injunctive norms on the self-reported frequency of meat and plant-based meal intake in UK-based adults
The lived experience of parenting a child with sensory sensitivity and picky eating
Picky eating" is a common behaviour seen in childhood in both clinical and nonclinical populations. Sensory processing difficulties have been repeatedly associated with food refusal and picky eating behaviours. The aim of this study was to explore the lived experiences of parents/caregivers who have a child displaying both sensory processing differences and picky eating behaviours utilising Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Particip…
A proposed theoretical model of impaired quality of life in picky eating adults
Psychology (29 works) · Developmental psychology (23 works) · Medicine (19 works) · Eating Disorders and Behaviors (16 works) · Clinical Psychology (13 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (11 works) · Sensory system (11 works) · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (9 works) · Cognitive psychology (9 works) · Food Science (8 works)