Children’s Food and Mood
- What Works, What Matters?
Part 2
Practical Solutions for Dietary Difficulties in ADHD,
Autism and Related Conditions
A FAB Research Live Webinar and Q&A session
- with Specialist Dietitian David Rex
With input from
Dr Alex Richardson and Hazel De Maeijer
The video recording of this event - together with downloadable handouts - is available to watch now
- FREE to FAB Associates (for other benefits of joining FAB as an Associate member - see HERE)
- Alternatively, this - and other individual FAB Webinars - can be accessed for a small fee via our FAB Webinar Library
Specialist Dietitian David Rex has more than 20 years' of clinical experience advising families of children with ADHD, Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) or related behaviour and learning difficulties - as well as in helping schools to support healthier eating for all children.
Following the success of our recent FAB Event - Children's Food and Mood Part 1 - and by popular request, he's kindly agreed to join the FAB team 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 - and answer more of your questions on this (huge) topic.
The focus of these expert Q&A sessions is on
- what parents and professionals can do in practice to help children eat better - and to support their mental as well as physical health, wellbeing and performance
In this live 'FAB Focus event, David Rex will again be answering your questions and - joined by Dr Alex Richardson and Hazel De Maeijer of FAB Research - will discuss some more of the issues that parents and professionals most often ask about.
What topics will this event cover?
Some of the questions raised in 'Children's Mood and Food - Part 1' could only be discussed briefly then - although the handouts provided with the video recording (please see below) gave some additional information.
Some related and 'follow-on' questions that this next event (and handouts afterwards) will address include:
- Can artificial additives really affect children's mood and behaviour? Which ones? Are children with ADHD/ASD more sensitive than others? And what can parents really do about food additives in practice?
- Are food allergies and intolerances more common in children with ADHD and Autism? And how can these be identified and managed in practice?
- What are the key things parents and professionals most need to know about Gluten and Casein, but don't?
- Can some foods be ‘addictive’ for children with autism or ADHD? If so, how long do 'withdrawal symptoms' last?
- What foods, diets or supplements can help reduce gut and digestive symptoms in children with ASD? And is there any evidence these symptoms may relate to particular behaviours?
But PLEASE ASK YOUR OWN QUESTIONS
- on WHAT YOU MOST WANT TO KNOW!
You'll be invited to submit these when you book - and can also do this at any time during the live Q&A
Questions addressed in Part 1 include:
- What foods do children with ADHD/ASD typically prefer - and why?
- What should children with ASD & ADHD actually be eating to help improve mood and behaviour?
- How can parents motivate children to eat more beneficial / nutritious foods?
- How can parents increase the dietary range of children who are highly 'selective eaters'?
- Should I eliminate gluten and casein from my autistic child’s diet?
- Does it matter if a child with ASD doesn’t eat any meat or fish?
- Can omega-3 supplements help children with ADHD or ASD?
- Can concentration and literacy - including symptoms of dyslexia - be improved by nutrition?
Book Part Two now and you'll be sent special half price access to Part One with your confirmation.
As well as the full video recording of that event, the Part One also includes the following package of handouts:
- Dietary Recommendations for Children with Autism or ADHD
- Ultra-Processed Food and Mood - FAB Factsheet
- Veggie & Vegan considerations - FAB Factsheet
- Are "Gluten Free - Casein Free" diets worth trying? - David Rex
- Effects of fatty acids on ADHD symptoms in dyslexic children
- Effects of fatty acids on reading, spelling & ADHD symptoms in children with DCD/Dyspraxia.
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Our Expert Panel
Our Guest Speaker
David Rex, RD
Specialist Dietitian for Highland Council, working in Health & Social Care – Children’s Services
David Rex, RD has a lead public health role for Food & Health in schools, nurseries and Children’s Residential Units; and for over 20 years, has been providing specialist Dietetic advice for children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as well as other conditions affecting mental as well as physical health, wellbeing and performance.
Read more about David Rex here.
Providing their expertise
Dr Alex Richardson
Founder of FAB Research, world-renowned researcher, author, and educator.
Based at the University of Oxford for 30 years, the impact of her 90+ publications puts Dr Richardson in the top 3% of academic researchers worldwide.
She is best known for her research into how nutrition (and particularly fatty acids) can affect behaviour, learning and mood, as her pioneering clinical trials were the first to show that dietary supplementation with omega-3 (and omega-6) fats can improve behaviour and learning in children with dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD and related conditions; and that this approach may also help many other children without such diagnoses. She also published some of the earliest reports of successful nutritional approaches to both depression and schizophrenia in young adults, which have subsequently been confirmed and extended by others.
Read more about Dr Richardson here.
Hazel De Maeijer
FAB Communications Officer and Volunteer Coordinator
Hazel holds a BSc in Psychology and an MSc in ‘Nutrition and Behaviour’, accredited by the Association for Nutrition (AfN). She also has previous experience as a Learning Support Practitioner for students with special educational needs, and a personal and professional interest ADHD, ASD and related neurodevelopmental conditions. She has already carried out research of her own with higher education students, examining ADHD-type symptoms, mental wellbeing, and dietary omega 3 intakes within this population.
In addition to further research, Hazel is now using her knowledge, experience and skills to assist FAB in develop educational resources for both health and nutrition professionals and the general public, aimed at improving understanding and support to help more neurodiverse individuals achieve their potential.
Read more about Hazel De Maeijer here.
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Children’s Food and Mood
- What Works, What Matters? Part Two
Practical Solutions for Dietary Difficulties in ADHD,
Autism and Related Conditions
Join expert clinician David Rex RD, with Dr Alex Richardson and Hazel De Maeijer for answers to your questions about how children's mood affects their food - and vice versa - and the key issue of how parents and practitioners can help improve children's food choices in practice for better mood, behaviour and wellbeing.
All proceeds from this event will go to Food And Behaviour (FAB) Research to support its work Registered Charity No: SC034604, Company No: SC 253448. www.fabresearch.org
"FAB has raised my awareness of the importance of a healthy diet for all, not just those with behavioural issues, problems."
- Early Years Officer, Local Authority
"FAB Research provides a wealth of valuable information which isn't always available elsewhere - and in an easily digested form."
- GP and Medical Advisor
Who is this webinar for?
Anyone interested in how food and diet can affect mental health, wellbeing and performance
- for personal or professional reasons
• Individuals • Students & Researchers • Professionals • Policymakers
This webinar is designed to help anyone - whatever their background, education and training:
- to understand how food and diet can affect behaviour and learning.
- to find out more about the practical ways that nutrition can help to support better health, wellbeing and performance.
What is FAB Research?
Food and Behaviour Research (FAB Research), established in 2003 by Dr Alex Richardson DPhil (Oxon), PGCE, FRSA, is a charitable organisation dedicated both to advancing scientific research into the links between nutrition and human behaviour and to making the findings from such research available to the widest possible audience.
Our mission: We are committed to improving current knowledge and awareness of the effects of nutrition and diet on human behaviour, learning and mood. We aspire to be a leader 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.