Public Lecture: Burgers for breakfast? Should we eat food in unusual contexts to help manage our weight?

This public lecture was delivered by Dr Chris McLeod, Lecturer in the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences at Loughborough University, on Tuesday 23rd May at 5:30pm.

In this talk, Dr Chris McLeod explored why we eat particular foods, in particular portion sizes, and in particular contexts. Chris discussed how our learned association between a food, its portion size and context is highly influential in determining how much we eat and the nutrients we ingest. His research provides some pause for thought regarding the potential benefits, including weight management, to eating foods in unusual contexts, and will answer the somewhat unusual question: “Should we eat food in unusual contexts to help manage our weight?”.

Dr Chris McLeod is a Lecturer in the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences at Loughborough University. He recently finished a Doctoral Prize Fellowship at Loughborough, a prestigious award for early-career academics to establish their own research agenda and position themselves as future research leaders. Chris’ research is in the field of Behavioural Nutrition and Public Health. Through this work, he aims to use psychological theories and interventions to improve people’s nutrition and health, with a particular focus on vulnerable populations. Chris is highly interested in understanding why people select particular foods to eat, in their particular portion sizes and in particular contexts.

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