Monique Vingerhoeds

Dr. Monique Vingerhoeds is a researcher at Wageningen Food & Biobased Research under the Food, Health & Consumer Research division. Her work focuses on food science, public health, and consumer behavior.

• Key Research Areas:
  • School lunch programs and child nutrition
  • Cognitive performance and food effects
  • Food-evoked emotions and sensory analysis
  • Sustainable consumption behaviors

Recent Publication Trends include studies on caffeine effects on attention, Dutch school lunch policies, food-evoked emotion measurement, and pandemic-related dietary behavior changes. Her work connects food science with social sciences and psychology.

Projects include leading:

• LWV22204: Sustainable water and food waste reduction (2025-2026)
• Shift2Health: Obesity prevention in shift workers (2023-2024)
• Preventive health: Long-term health interventions (2022-2023)