6 June 2013 - FAB RESEARCH EVENT and WEBINAR - INVERNESS - Changing Diets, Changing Minds - The Importance of Nutrition for Behaviour, Learning and Mood: Putting Research into Practice

6 June 2013 - FAB RESEARCH EVENT and WEBINAR - INVERNESS - Changing Diets, Changing Minds - The Importance of Nutrition for Behaviour, Learning and Mood: Putting Research into Practice

Start Date: 06 June 2013
End Date: 06 June 2013
Duration 9.30am to 4.30pm
Location Beechwood Business Park, Inverness IV2 3BL
Venue Lecture Theatre, The Green House

FAB ASSOCIATE MEMBERS CAN ACCESS FULL PRESENTATIONS FROM THIS EVENT VIA THE FAB AUDIO/VIDEO LIBRARY

Programme and Abstracts:

A document with the programme, speaker details and abstracts, summarising the content of the day's presentations may be downloaded at the link below.

About the event:

Speakers at this special one-day event included:

• Professor Michael A Crawford of Imperial College, London - an internationally acclaimed expert on the role of nutrition in brain development and function.
• Dr Alex Richardson, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, and Founder Director of FAB Research
• Dr Bernard Gesch, Senior Research Scientist at the University of Oxford
• Mr David Rex, specialist child health dietitian at Highland Council
• Mr Kevin Williamson, Senior Nutritionist for the Early Intervention in Psychosis Services, Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust. (via videolink)

The programme was designed for a multi-disciplinary audience of professionals, policy makers, researchers from academia and industry, and other interested groups and individuals.  Participants were given the chance to hear about and discuss the links between nutrition and mood, behaviour and learning in children and adults - both in the general population, and in special groups such as those with developmental or mental health conditions. 

In addition to summarising the latest research evidence, the speakers provided practical information on food choices, and how these can influence health, wellbeing and performance - at home, at school or in the workplace.

What was discussed:

• How does what we eat affect the way we feel, think and behave?
• What’s the truth about sugar and fat? Could some of our favourite foods really be toxic and addictive?
• Does nutrition really make a difference to children’s behaviour and learning?  If so, what are the implications for conditions like ADHD, dyslexia or autism?
• What’s the evidence that dietary interventions could reduce antisocial behaviour?
• Can diet help in the prevention and management of mental health conditions like depression, psychosis and dementia?
• Improving food choices – what can be done, and who should be doing it?

File Download:

Download the conference programme and abstracts here (828.75 KB)