Merel van Vliet
Assistant professor
- Name
- Dr. M.S. van Vliet
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 3648
- m.s.van.vliet@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
Short CV
- PhD Candidate at the Parenting, Child Care and Development programme group, Leiden University. Research project: ‘The What and How in weaning: A randomised controlled trial to assess the effects of vegetable exposure and responsive feeding on vegetable acceptance in infants and toddlers’ (2015-present).
- Research Assistant at Leiden University, Department of Neuropedagogics (2014-2015). Project: ‘A good start’.
- MSc in ‘Developmental psychopathology in education and child studies’, Leiden University (Research). Specialization: Clinical child and adolescent studies (2012-2014). Master thesis: ‘The relation between maternal depression and the infant stress response system: The role of positive parenting’.
- Research Internship. Project: ‘A good start’, Leiden University (2013-2014).
- Clinical Internship at the Ambulatorium, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Science, Leiden University. Department of Developmental Disorders (2013-2014).
- BSc in Education and Child Studies. Specialization: Clinical Child and Adolescent Studies, Leiden University (2009-2012).
- BSc in Music Teaching, Royal Conservatory Den Haag (2005-2009). Cum Laude.
Research areas and activities
- Obesity in children
- Prevention and intervention studies
- Parent-child interactions
Teaching activities
- Tutor first year students Education and Child Studies
- Practice in empirical research
- Onderzoekspracticum 1
- Master thesis lab
- Master thesis and BA thesis project supervision
Registrations
- NVO Basis Orthopedagoog
- NVO Basisaantekening Diagnostiek
- Startcursus Didactische Basisvaardigheden – ICLON
Supervisors
- Prof. dr. Judi Mesman
- Dr. Shelley van der Veek
Assistant professor
- Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
- Instituut Pedagogische Wetenschappen
- Opvoeding en Ontwikkeling
- Vliet M.S. van (15 June 2022), Mealtime interactions : the role of sensitive parental feeding behavior in the first years of life (Dissertatie. Leiden Institute of Education and Child Studies, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University). Supervisor(s) and Co-supervisor(s): Mesman J., Veek S.M.C. van der & Vereijken C.
- Vliet M.S. de, Mesman J., Schultink J.M., Vereijken C.M.J.L., Martens V.E.G. & Veek S.M.C. (2022), Maternal sensitivity during mealtime and free play: differences and explanatory factors, Infancy : the official journal of the International Society on Infant Studies 27(3): 630-644.
- Vliet M.S. van, Schultink J.M., Jager G. de, Vries J.H.M, Mesman J., Graaf C. de , Vereijken C.M.J.L., Weenen H., Wild V.W.T. de, Martens V.E.G., Houniet H. & Veek S.M.C. van der (2022), The baby’s first bites RCT: evaluating a vegetable-exposure and a sensitive-feeding intervention in terms of child health outcomes and maternal feeding behavior during toddlerhood, Journal of Nutrition 152(2): 386-398.
- Schultink J.M., Vries J.H.M. de, Wild V.W.T. de, Vliet M.S. van, Veek S.M.C. van der, Martens V.E.G, Graaf C. de & Jager G. (2021), Eating in the absence of hunger in 18-month-old children in a home setting, Pediatric obesity 16(11): e12800.
- Vliet M.S. van, Mesman J., Schultink J.M., Vries J.H.M. de, Vereijken C.M.J.L., Rippe R.C.A. & Veek S.M.C. van der (2021), Baby's first bites: association between observed maternal feeding behavior and infant vegetable intake and liking, Appetite 165: 105316.
- Vliet M.S. van, Schultink J.M., Jager G., de Vries J.H.M., Mesman J., de Graaf C., Vereijken C.M.J.L., Weenen H., de Wild V.W.T., Martens V.E.G., Houniet H. & Veek S.M.C. van der (2021), The baby's first bites RCT: evaluating a vegetable-exposure and a sensitive-feeding intervention in terms of child health outcomes and maternal feeding behavior during toddlerhood, Journal of Nutrition : nxab387.
- Veek S.M.C. van der, Graaf C. de, Vries J.H.M. de, Jager G., Vereijken C.M.J.L., Weenen H., Winden N. van, Vliet M.S. van, Schultink J.M., Wild V.W.T. de, Janssen S. & Mesman J. (2019), Baby's First Bites: A randomized controlled trial to assess the effects of vegetable-exposure and sensitive feeding on vegetable acceptance, eating behavior and weight gain in infants and toddlers, BMC Pediatrics 19: e266.
- Geven van opvoedondersteuning d.m.v. VIPP-SD, veelal via Indigo Preventie