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Marieke Battjes-Fries was born on 29 June 1986 in Houten, The Netherlands. After completing secondary school at ‘Cals College’ in Nieuwegein, she started to study Nutrition and Health at Wageningen University in 2004, with specialisation Public Health Nutrition and Epidemiology. During her Masters she conducted a thesis at the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) on the association between overweight and school performance among Dutch children, and did an internship at the Netherlands Nutrition Centre (Voedingscentrum) where she developed and tested a questionnaire to assess children’s eating behaviour for evaluation of the Dutch nutrition-education programme Taste Lessons (Smaaklessen). During her study, she was member of the education committee of the Division of Human Nutrition, the committee of grant application for student activities of Wageningen University, the board of a student organization and other committees. Besides, in side jobs she was appointed to support a MSC course at the Division of Human Nutrition of the Wageningen University, and to analyse data and write a report on the proces- and effect-evaluation of two local interventions to prevent or reduce obesity in children at the ‘GGD Noord- en Oost-Gelderland’ (former GGD Gelre-IJssel). After obtaining her Master’s degree in 2010, Marieke was appointed at the Netherlands Institute for Sport and Physical Activity (NISB) for half a year to conduct a qualitative evaluation of the four-year running national campaign ‘30minutenbewegen’. At the same time, she worked at the national coordination centre of Taste Lessons (Steunpunt Smaaklessen) at Wageningen University on the set-up of an effect-evaluation of Taste Lessons and supporting of students working on this project. In 2011, she continued working at the Wageningen University in the Division of Human Nutrition and conducted a larger proces- and effect-evaluation of Taste Lessons, financed by Ministry of Economic Affairs. In 2013, Marieke’s contract at Wageningen University was extended to work as PhD Candidate at the Division of Human Nutrition. During this PhD project, she conducted another proces- and effect-evaluation of Taste Lessons with and without additional experiential learning activities to look further at the effectiveness of nutrition education in Dutch primary schools. During this PhD project, she also evaluated implementation and effectiveness of ‘Expeditie Lekker Fit!’, a nutrition programme which was organised by the Municipality of Woudrichem, ‘GGD West-Brabant’ and ‘HAK Groente Instituut’ and implemented by six schools in Woudrichem for three subsequent years. Besides, she joined the education programme of the Graduate School VLAG, she attended several (international) conferences and courses, and was involved in teaching and supervising students at BSc and MSc level. Currently, Marieke is working as researcher Food Quality and Health at the Louis Bolk Institute.

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Publications in peer-reviewed journals

- Battjes-Fries MCE, Wijnands-Minnema R, Dekker-Groen AM, van den Top- Pullen R, de Graaf K, van ’t Veer P, Haveman-Nies A. Associations between school, teacher, parent and child related implementation factors and effectiveness of the Dutch school-based nutrition education programme Taste Lessons. Submitted. 2015.

- Battjes-Fries MCE, Haveman-Nies A, Zeinstra GG, van Dongen EJI, Meester HJ, van den Top-Pullen R, van ’t Veer P, de Graaf K. Effectiveness of Taste Lessons with and without extra experiential learning activities on children’s willingness to taste vegetables. Submitted. 2015.

- Battjes-Fries MCE, Haveman-Nies A, van Dongen EJI, Meester HJ, van den Top-Pullen R, de Graaf K, van ’t Veer P. Effectiveness of Taste Lessons with and without additional experience-oriented activities on children’s psychosocial determinants of vegetables consumption. Submitted. 2015.

- Battjes-Fries MCE, van Dongen EJI, Renes RJ, Meester HJ, van ‘t Veer P, Haveman-Nies A. Unravelling the effect of the Dutch school-based nutrition programme ‘Taste Lessons’: the role of dose, appreciation and interpersonal communication. Submitted. 2015.

- Battjes-Fries MCE, Haveman-Nies A, Renes RJ, Meester HJ, van ’t Veer P. Effect of the Dutch school-based education programme ‘Taste Lessons’ on behavioural determinants of taste acceptance and healthy eating: a quasi- experimental study. Public Health Nutrition. 2015; 18(12):2231-2241.

- Veldwijk J, Fries MCE, Bemelmans WJE, Haveman-Nies A, Smit HA, Koppelman GH, Wijga AH. Overweight and school performance among primary school children: The PIAMA birth cohort study. Obesity. 2012; 20(3): 590-596.

Abstracts in scientific journals or proceedings

- Battjes-Fries MCE, Haveman-Nies A, van Dongen EJI, Meester HJ, de Graaf K, van ’t Veer P. Effectiveness of school-based nutrition programme Taste Lessons with and without experience-oriented activities on children’s determinants of behaviour towards vegetable consumption: a quasi-experimental study. (Abstract for 14th Meeting of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2015, oral presentation)

- Battjes-Fries MCE, Haveman-Nies A, Zeinstra GG, Meester HJ, van ’t Veer P, de Graaf K. Effectiveness of school-based nutrition programme Taste Lessons on children’s willingness to taste vegetables. (Abstract for 39th Annual Meeting of the British Feeding & Drinking Group, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 2015, poster presentation)

- van Dongen EJI, Battjes-Fries MCE, Renes RJ, van ’t Veer P, Haveman-Nies A. Implementation factors as indicators for effect of the Dutch school-based nutrition program ‘Taste Lessons’. European Journal of Public Health; 2013: 23 (suppl 1). (Abstract for the European Public Health Conference, Brussel, Belgium, 2013, oral presentation)

- Fries MCE, Hiemstra A, van Rijn J. Evaluatieonderzoek 4 jaar campagnevoeren 30minutenbewegen. (Abstract for Nederlands Congres Volksgezondheid, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2011, poster presentation)

Publications in a journal

- Fries MCE, Veldwijk J, Haveman-Nies A, Bemelmans WJE, Wijga AH. Onderzoek naar de inhoud van lunchtrommels. Voeding Nu. 2011; 3: 14-16. Reports

- M Groothuis, MCE Battjes-Fries, A Haveman-Nies (2015). Evaluatie en borging van Smaaklessen met aanvullende activiteiten - Het Smaaklessen groentemenu onderzoek. Wageningen UR, Leerstoelgroep Humane Voeding. - MCE Battjes-Fries, EJI van Dongen, A Haveman-Nies (2013). Evaluatie van Smaaklessen: heeft Smaaklessen effect op determinanten van gezond en bewust eetgedrag? Wageningen UR, Leerstoelgroep Humane Voeding. - MCE Battjes-Fries, A Haveman-Nies, RJ Renes (2012). Evaluatie van

Smaaklessen: heeft Smaaklessen effect op kennis over voedsel en interesse in het proberen van onbekende producten? Wageningen UR, Leerstoelgroep Humane Voeding.

- Fries, MCE & van Oord-Jansen S (2010). Evaluatierapport “De Gezonde HAP&STAP Vierdaagse”, resultaten kalenderjaar 2009. Academische Werkplaats AGORA, consortium van GGD Gelre-IJssel en Wageningen Universiteit.

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Conferences and meetings

- European Public Health Conference (EUPHA), Copenhagen, Denmark, 2011. - Nederlands Congres Volksgezondheid (NCVGZ), Amsterdam, The Nether-

lands, 2012.

- Spring meeting Werkgroep Voedingsgewoonten (WeVo), RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands, 2013.

- Symposium Physical Activity in Children, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 2013.

- European Public Health Conference (EUPHA: oral presentation), Brussel, Belgium, 2013.

- Congres Jong geleerd, oud gedaan, FrieslandCampina, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 2014.

- OnderzoeksBeraad, Veldwerk Nederland (oral presentation), Almere, The Netherlands, 2015.

- 39th Annual Meeting of the British Feeding & Drinking Group (BFDG: poster presentation), Wageningen, The Netherlands, 2015.

- 14th Meeting of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA: oral presentation), Edinburgh, Scotland, 2015.

Courses

- Introduction to structural equation modeling using Mplus, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2012.

- Introduction to multilevel analysis, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2012.

- Masterclass AGORA ‘How to develop effective interventions in public health practice?’, Graduate School VLAG, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 2012. - Masterclass AGORA ‘How to evaluate interventions in public health practice?’,

General courses and workshops

- Scientific Writing, Wageningen Graduate Schools, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 2013.

- Information Literacy including EndNote Introduction, Wageningen Graduate Schools, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 2014.

- Teaching and supervising Thesis students, Educational Staff Development, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 2015.

- Philosophy and Ethics of Food Science and Technology, Graduate School VLAG, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 2015.

- PhD Workshop Carousel, Wageningen Graduate Schools, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 2015.

- Communication with the Media and the General Public, Wageningen Graduate Schools, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 2015.

Optional courses and activities

- Preparing research proposal VLAG, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 2013. - Partner meeting SAPERE, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2011.

- Partner meetings Smaaklessen, Steunpunt Smaaklessen & EU-Schoolfruit, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 2011-2013.

- Partner meetings Voedsel Educatie Platform, Steunpunt Smaaklessen & EU- Schoolfruit, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 2014-2015.

- Staff seminars and research presentations, Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 2012-2015.

- Rothman lunches, Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 2014-2015.

the Ministry of Economic Affairs of The Netherlands, Platform for Food Education, and the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development ZonMw.

Financial support from Wageningen University for printing this thesis is gratefully acknowledged.

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