5 May 2010 - FAB RESEARCH CONFERENCE - EDINBURGH - Nutrition for Behaviour, Learning and Mood

An exceptional opportunity to hear from a panel of top UK experts, researchers and practitioners about how nutrition affects behaviour, learning and mood.

An essential conference for:

Education and Health Professionals | Local Authority Staff | Social Workers | Professionals working in the Youth Justice System | Policy Makers | Caterers | Food Manufacturers | Food Marketing Representatives | Voluntary Organisations | Parents | Carers | Media

For discussion:

• How does what we eat affect the way we feel, think and behave?
• What is ADHD? What's the evidence that nutrition can make a difference?
• What are the consequences of our present day diets? Find out the real truth about the food we consume, and what it's doing to our brains and bodies
• Learn how nutrition affects your immune system - critical for your everyday wellbeing, and in preventing allergies and infection
• Omega-3 for the brain - can the right foods really help your memory, and stave off those bad moods?
• How can you encourage healthy food choices for your children and family? Dealing effectively with food culture, 'fussy eating' and food cravings

Speakers

Welcome and Introduction: Scottish Academic Health Sciences Collaboration and the opportunities it offers
by Dr Roma Armstrong (Research and Development, Chief Scientist Office, Scotland; Senior R&D Manager, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Health Board)

Implications of modern-day diets for human brains - what's gone wrong, and how can we put it right?
by Prof Michael Crawford (Director, Institute of Brain Chemistry and Human Nutrition, London Metropolitan University)

They are what you feed them: good nutrition leads to better learning and Food and Mood
by Dr Alex Richardson (Founder Director, FAB Research; Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford; Author of 'They Are What You Feed Them')

ADHD - facts, myths and solutions
by Rachel Gow (Dept of Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London)

Understanding our immune system and how we can prevent allergies and infections
by Dr Paul Clayton (Chair of Forum on Food and Health; Author of 'Health Defence' and 'Pharmageddon')

The brain food diet - how to stay young in mind
by Dr Frank Ryan (Medical Advisor to Sheffield PCT; Honorary Research Fellow in Evolutionary Biology, Sheffield University, and author of 'The Eskimo Diet' and 'Darwin's Blind Spot'; Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and Fellow of the Linnean Society of London

Practical dietary approaches to autism, ADHD and related conditions. What works in practice' and 'The psychology of food choices; putting theory into practice
by David Rex (Child Health Dietitian NHS Highland, & Healthy Eating in Schools Co-ordinator)

HOW TO REGISTER AND PAY:

Central Govt and Private Sector: £165

Public, Educational, NHS, Local Authority, Voluntary Organisations and Charities (with income over £1m): £125

Voluntary Organisations and Concessions: £115

Category 4 - FAB Associate Members: £80

Group Bookings of 3 or more attract further discounts - please call us on 01463 667318.

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