Prof. Dr. Klazine Van der Horst
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Prof. Dr. Klazine Van der Horst Leiterin aF&E Ernährung und Diätetik
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Contact hours
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Address
Berner Fachhochschule
School of Health Professions
Fachbereich Ernährung und Diätetik
Finkenhubelweg 11
3012 Bern
Activities
Responsibilities
Head of the Research Committee Department of Health Professions
Head of Research Nutrition and Dietetics
Focus areas
Children's eating behaviors
Determinants of eating behaviors
Dietary intake studies
Nutrition communication and food labeling
Teaching
Degree programmes
Bsc and Msc Nutrition & Dietetics
Msc Food Nutrition and Health (HAFL)
Subjects
Public Health Nutrition (Bsc, Msc)
Health Promotion and Prevention (Bsc)
Patient communication, Bsc Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Netherlands (2007/2008)
Food & Consumer Behavior, Msc Food Science, ETH Zürich, Switzerland (2009-2011)
Dietary intake and Consumer Behavior, Master of Gastronomy, Basque Culinary Center, San Sebastian, Spain (2017)
Research
Specialisations
Children's Eating Behaviors
Influence of cooking and cooking skills on behavior and health
Behavior change and interventions
Dietary Intake studies
Nutrition communication for diverse groups
Nutrition labeling
CV
Professional experience
- 06/2018 Head aR&D Nutrition and Dietetics Bern University of Applied Sciences
- 02/2017-05/2018 Goup Leader Dietary Intake Nestlé Research Center, Lausanne
- 06/2013-01/2017 Senior Scientist Public Health Nutrition & Project Manager Sustainable Nutrition Research Program Nestlé Research Center, Lausanne
- 09/2011-05/2013 Scientist Consumer Behavior Nestlé Research Center, Lausanne
- 12/2018-08/2011 Post-doctoral Scientist Consumer Behavior ETH Zürich
- 05/2008-11/2008 Post-doctoral Scientist Erasmus University Medical Center, Department of Public Health, Rotterdam
- 08/2004-04/2008 PhD Erasmus University Medical Center, Department of Public Health, Rotterdam
- 01/2003-07/2004 Junior researcher VU Medical Center, Department of Social Medicine, EMGO Institute, Amsterdam
Education
- 07.09.2009 PhD: ENDORSE Environmental Determinants of Overweight in Rotterdam Schoolchildren. Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- 2006 Msc Public Health Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam
- 2003 Msc Health Sciences, Health Education & Health promotion Maastricht University, the Netherlands
- 2001 Bsc Nutrition & Dietetics University of Applied Sciences (HAN), Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Other
- 2016 - Nestlé Micro MBA Program – 50% of ECTS points
- 2016 - Certified trainer Leadership Development ‘Intent-Based Leadership”
- 2012/13 - Project Management. Introduction and practitioners trainings.
- 2006 - Theory construction and statistical modeling, Utrecht University, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Projects
Publications
Memberships
Supervised theses
Master
Ilona Gaspar, MAS Health and Nutrition ETH Zürich Perceptions of Children’s Nutrition Education in Switzerland: A Qualitative Study 2020
Sonja Schönberg, Msc Food Nutrition & Health Validity and inter-rater reliability of the Home-Cooking EnviRonment and equipment Inventory Observation Form (Home-CookERITM) 2020
Valentina Langa, Msc Food Nutrition & Health Eating behaviours in Toddlers: An Analysis of Eating Occasion Variables on Eating Rate 2020
Michele Serra, Msc Food Nutrition & Health De nutricatione in senectute A quantitative and qualitative analysis of the experience of mealtimes in senior centres 2019
Raha Rajaei, Msc Food Nutrition & Health Complementary food consumed by children 6-23 months and po-tential factors associated with their diet in Dessie Zuria District, Northern Ethiopia 2019
Veronica Ortiz-Pinchetti Vargas (ETH Zürich) Consumers’ reasons and attitudes towards vitamins and mineral supplements consumption in Switzerland 2011
Nina Ulrich (ETH Zürich) Einfluss der Eltern-Kind-Kommunikation auf das Essverhalten des Kindes 2010
Kathrin Rapp Schürmann (ETH Zürich) Übergewicht bei älteren Adoleszenten in der Schweiz: Grundlagen für Präventionsstrategien 2009