FAB Research Events
for Parents/carers
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how food, diet and nutrition affect mental health and performance.
For over twenty years Food and Behaviour Research (FAB) has been at the heart of scientific research into how nutrition affects the human brain and mind, and an intellectual and strategic force for improving public education and professional practice in this domain.
We aim to promote, support and carry out scientific research to show
how nutrition plays an important role in behaviour, learning and mood.
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Child Behaviour and Learning is a collection of five webinars aimed at helping parents & carers, teachers and other professionals working with children and adolescents.
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A selection of events most useful for parents and carers
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The Role of Food and Diet in ADHD
Recognise overlaps between ADHD and other developmental conditions like dyslexia, dyspraxia or the autism spectrum - as well as normal individual differences.
Find out which aspects of most modern diets really are bad news for brain health and wellbeing - and how better nutrition can often help improve attention, memory and more.
Autism Spectrum Disorders: Dietary Approaches
Behaviour, mood and learning all depend on the health and development of the brain and nervous system. In recent years, however, research has confirmed just how fundamental the connections are between the brain, the gut, and the immune system - with each capable of affecting the other.
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Children’s Food and Mood - What Works, What Matters Part One
Practical Solutions for Dietary Difficulties in ADHD, Autism and Related Conditions
Most children's diets are "sub-optimal" in nutritional terms - providing an excess of sugar and artificial additives and an unhealthy balance of fats, and lacking in dietary fibre and essential brain nutrients.
What is still largely ignored is the fact that this matters not just for their physical health but also for their mental health and wellbeing.
Children’s Food and Mood - What Works, What Matters Part Two
Practical Solutions for Dietary Difficulties in ADHD, Autism and Related Conditions
David Rex returns for a second Live Question and Answer Session, to share more of his unique expertise on dietary issues in ADHD, ASD and related difficulties with mood, behaviour and/or learning.
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Diet and Dyslexia
Learn about:
- How sensory processing – and vision in particular – plays a key role
- Why nutrition is fundamental to support healthy brain development and function
- What common nutrient deficiencies and imbalances implicated in dyslexia and related conditions
- What dietary changes could reduce the visual, attentional and cognitive problems associated with dyslexia
Sleep and Diet:
Why sleep matters for wellbeing and its links with nutrition
This session will highlight what research has shown about
- how our food choices affect our sleep, and vice versa
- and why this matters for how we feel, think and behave.
Learn about the importance of nutrition and diet for sleep and mental wellbeing, with a particular focus on ADHD, ASD, anxiety, depression and other mental health conditions.
Feeding Better Mood, Behaviour, Learning & Sleep
How children's diets affect their health, wellbeing and performance - and what parents, professionals and policymakers can do to help.
Although children's diets are recognised as contributing to conditions like obesity, diabetes and other physical health problems, little or no attention is usually paid to the effects of nutrition - what children eat and drink - and how they feel, think and behave.
Selective or 'fussy' eating - a masterclass
David Rex, RD, and Dr Alex Richardson discuss the latest evidence-based research into what shapes children’s food preferences – with a focus on the areas of selective (‘fussy’ or ‘picky’) eating, and Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID).
Nutrition for ADHD and Neurodiverse Minds
Learn how food and diet can affect symptoms of ADHD and related conditions - including not only other developmental conditions like dyslexia, dyspraxia and ASD but also anxiety, depression, eating disorders and sleep problems - and associated physical health problems such as allergies and immune disorders, or chronic pain.
A special collection of five expert webinars from Food And Behaviour (FAB) Research - aimed at helping parents & carers, teachers and other professionals working with children and adolescents with or without conditions like ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia or the Autism Spectrum to find out more about
- how food and diet can affect children's mood, behaviour and ability to learn
- practical, evidence-based strategies, tactics and tips to help improve children's food choices
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Associate Membership
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