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Food and Behaviour Research

Nutrition can play an important role in behaviour, learning and mood. Scientific evidence shows that diet is important not only for physical health, but also for optimal mental development and functioning.

The FAB website offers information on a wide range of conditions such as ADHD, autism, dyspraxia, anxiety, depression and many other physical and mental issues.

The site presents clear and reliable information on the latest research for people who are interested in its practical applications.

As well as our own published papers and factsheets, we regularly trawl through the scientific press to bring you up to date information on the subject of nutrition and behavioural disorders.

FAB Research also aims to promote, support and carry out further scientific research in this area.

Food Affects Behaviour 20+ Years of FAB Research – What next?

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A FAB Research Live Event and Q&A

with Dr Alex Richardson and Hazel De Maeijer


Thursday 30th November 2023

6.30 - 7.30 pm (GMT)

We are now launching our new monthly ‘FAB Focus’ meetings, exploring the many different ways in which Food Affects Behaviour, and the implications of this.

In this first session, founder Dr Alex Richardson will give you an overview summary of:

  • FAB's history to date, highlighting groundbreaking research milestones in the field; and outlining new activities we have ongoing, and in the pipeline.
Hazel De Maeijer, Communications Officer and Coordinator of FAB's Volunteers, will give more detail on some of these activities - discussing her own work with FAB and various new opportunities for you to get involved, if you would like to do so.


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  • 31 Dec 2025

Stay updated on the latest News and Research on how food, diet and nutrition can affect brain health - and therefore our mood, behaviour and learning - at any age

CAN OMEGA-3 SUPPLEMENTS IMPROVE CHILDREN’S MOOD, BEHAVIOUR, ATTENTION and SLEEP? NEW RESEARCH STUDY - VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

  • 30 Dec 2025

Swansea University researchers – in collaboration with FAB Research - are exploring the influence that omega-3 supplements can have on children’s behaviour, mood, and mental wellbeing, as part of a pioneering study with implications for health and education.

The Food Programme - Professor Michael Crawford: A Life through Food

  • 13 Jun 2025

In this episode of 'A Life Through Food', Sheila Dillon meets one of the most provocative scientific minds of the last half-century: Professor Michael Crawford. Now in his 90s, Crawford’s pioneering research into the brain and nutrition has reshaped how we understand the essential role of food—especially Omega-3 fatty acids—in human development and health.

Major sugar substitute found to impair brain blood vessel cell function, posing potential stroke risk

  • 12 Jun 2025

Findings suggest that erythritol increases oxidative stress, disrupts nitric oxide signaling, raises vasoconstrictive peptide production, and diminishes clot-dissolving capacity in human brain microvascular endothelial cells.

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