Prof. Dr. Klazine Van der Horst

Profile

Prof. Dr. Klazine Van der Horst Direktorin

  • Contact hours Monday
    Tuesday
    Wednesday
    Thursday
  • Address Berner Fachhochschule
    School of Health Professions
    Gesundheit
    Murtenstrasse 10
    3008 Bern

Activities

  • Head of the Research Committee Department of Health Professions

  • Head of Research Nutrition and Dietetics

  • Children's eating behaviors

  • Determinants of eating behaviors

  • Dietary intake studies

  • Nutrition communication and food labeling

Teaching

  • Bsc and Msc Nutrition & Dietetics

  • Msc Food Nutrition and Health (HAFL)

  • Nutrition Assessment (MSc)

  • Public Health Nutrition (BSc, MSc)

  • Dietary intake and Consumer Behavior, Master of Gastronomy, Basque Culinary Center, San Sebastian, Spain (2017)

  • Food & Consumer Behavior, MSc Food Science, ETH Zürich, Switzerland (2009-2011)

  • Patient communication, BSc Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Netherlands (2007/2008)

Research

  • 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

  • 06/2019 - current Head of Research, School of Health Professions Bern University of Applied Sciences
  • 06/2018 - current Head of applied R&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
  • 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
  • 2020 - Good Clinical Practice (TRREE online course)
  • 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

  • Anja Koch Die Qual der Wahl beim Mittagessen – Ernährungsverhalten von Jugendlichen am Gymnasium 2021

  • Sandra Kertic and Corinne Zimmermann Gesund, aber nur zu Hause? Einfluss von Determinanten des häuslichen Umfelds auf das Ernährungsverhalten von Schweizer Kindern 2021

  • Muriel Moser Der NutriScore, ein selbsterklärendes Label? 2020

  • Fabian Jeker Diabetes im Schulalltag: Der Wissensstand von Schweizer Lehrpersonen 2020

  • Giulia Tedde and Michael Jäggi goFOODTM-App versus 24h-Recall: ein Vergleich zweier Ernährungserhebungsmethoden im Falle von Mahlzeiten 2019

  • Sarah Hübscher, Msc Food Nutrition & Health Intergenerational transmission of food literacy within three generations of Swiss German families: a qualitative study 2022

  • Petra Plüss, MSc Nutrition & Dietetics Ernährungsmanagement bei Demenz in Deutschschweizer Alters- und Pflegeheimen aus Sicht der Pflege: eine qualitative Studie 2022

  • Marina Beyeler, MSc Nutrition & Dietetics Usability and Overall Perception of a Health Bot for Nutrition Related Questions for Bariatric Patients: a Mixed Method Approach 2022

  • Maryann Rolands, Msc Food Nutrition & Health Development and evaluation of a Diet Quality Index for preschool children in an Asian population: Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes cohort study 2021

  • 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

Language skills and intercultural knowledge

  • English - Full professional proficiency
  • German - Full professional proficiency
  • French - Limited working proficiency
  • Dutch - Native or bilingual proficiency