Dr. Nicole Avena (or “mom” to Vivie and Stella) is a nutrition expert and neuroscientist who does research on diet during pregnancy, and childhood nutrition.
Nicole is joining the Little Dish family as we launch in the US, and we are excited to have her expertise help shape the nutritional quality of all our fresh toddler meals.
She received a Ph.D. in Psychology and Neuroscience from Princeton University in 2006 before going on to complete a postdoctoral fellowship in 2010 at the Rockefeller University in New York City.
Currently, Nicole resides as Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City and is a Visiting Professor in Health Psychology at Princeton University. She has published over 90 scholarly journal articles on topics related to diet and nutrition, and has won awards for her research.
Nicole’s most recent book, What to Feed Your Baby and Toddler (2018), covers nutrition for babies who are just beginning to eat, and offers science‐based advice and practical tips on how to get your baby to eat healthy foods.
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