My research field is primarily on understanding "why we love what we love to eat" and the factors influencing our eating behaviour. As a young girl, I have always been fascinated by the human mind in particularly on the psychological perspective of eating behaviour. Before I started my career in research, I was primarily interested in understanding disordered eating behaviour among young adolescent girls. However, growing up in a third world country, wanting to study clinical psychology had a negative stigma for females and was not considered as "stable" and "safe" in comparison to other areas of study. Despite these, I went on to study a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and later on pursued a postgrad in Psychology as well. During my postgraduate year, I was exposed to both clinical volunteering roles and research - it was through these volunteering opportunities where I was exposed to my passion on understanding the factors influencing our eating behaviour and how this relates to other diet related diseases such as diabetes. Since then, I pursued a PhD combining both areas of science which I am passionate about - nutrition and psychology... and the journey continues!