When eating makes children happy: the concept of children’s food happiness

Valérie Hemar-Nicolas (1) , Pascale Ezan (2)

1 RITM - Réseaux Innovation Territoires et Mondialisation
2 NIMEC - Normandie Innovation Marché Entreprise Consommation

While numerous studies on children’s food consumption have mainly explored how children make food decisions by dichotomizing healthy versus unhealthy food, this article aims to better understand what makes children happy when eating, and to explore the concept of children’s food happiness. It supports the idea that children’s food happiness is multifaceted and cannot be limited to nutrition.

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Humanities and Social Sciences; Business administration

Valérie Hemar-Nicolas, Pascale Ezan. When eating makes children happy: the concept of children’s food happiness. 7th Child and Teen Consumption Conference : ‘Child and Teen Consumption: Cultural Contexts, Relations and Practices’, Aalborg University, Denmark., Apr 2016, Aalborg, Denmark. ⟨hal-02068904⟩