25 September 2009 - FAB CONFERENCE - OXFORD - 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.

Who should attend:

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

Topics to be addressed:

• How does what we eat affect the way we feel, think and behave?
• What's happened to our diet since Victorian times? And what are the well-documented consequences for our brains and bodies?
• Depression, dyslexia, ADHD and related conditions - what's the evidence that nutrition can make a difference?
• Media reporting of medical research - public service or public menace? Debunking myths - and how to spot pseudoscience and quackery
• Can improving nutrition really reduce anti-social behaviour or boost children's learning? What do the properly controlled trials show?
• How can you encourage healthy food choices - for your children and yourself? Dealing with food culture, 'fussy eating' and food cravings

Speakers:

Food and Behaviour: An Overview
by Dr Alex Richardson, (Founder/Trustee of FAB Research; Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford; Author of 'They Are What You Feed Them')

'Back to the future' - lessons from the Victorian diet
by Dr Paul Clayton, (Chair of Forum on Food & Health; Author of 'Health Defence' and 'Pharmageddon')

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

Attention, perception and action in dyslexia and related conditions: genes, brains and the nutritional environment
by Prof John Stein, (Professor of Neurophysiology, University of Oxford; Chair of Dyslexia Research Trust)

Nutrition - is it all 'Bad Science'?
by Dr Ben Goldacre, (Writer, broadcaster and medical doctor)

Dietary factors in depression and other mental health conditions: a review of the evidence
by Prof Malcolm Peet, (Senior NHS Consultant Psychiatrist, Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust)

Omega-3 for child behaviour and learning - randomised controlled trials
by Dr Paul Montgomery, (Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Intervention, University of Oxford; Co-Director of FAB Research) with Dr Alex Richardson

Causes of Crime? The Role of Nutrition in Antisocial Behaviour
by Bernard Gesch, (Senior Research Scientist at Oxford University and Director of the research charity Natural Justice which investigates causes of criminal antisocial behaviour)

The Psychology of Food Choices: Putting theory into practice
by David Rex, (Child Health Dietitian, NHS Highland; & Healthy Eating in Schools Coordinator. Provides Scotland's only specialist NHS dietetic clinic dealing with Autistic Spectrum Disorder, ADHD and children with additional support needs)

HOW TO REGISTER AND PAY:

THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED. PLEASE CALL US ON 01463 667318 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED TO THE RESERVE LIST.

Category 1 - Central Govt and Private Sector:
Early Bird £165 if booked and paid by 31 Aug 09
Full rate £225

Category 2 - Public, Educational, NHS, Local Authority, Voluntary Organisations and Charities (with income over £1m):
Early Bird £125 if booked and paid by 31 Aug 09
Full rate £165

Category 3 - Voluntary Organisations and Concessions:
Early Bird £115 if booked and paid by 31 Aug 09
Full rate £145

Category 4 - FAB Associate Members £75

To pay by debit/credit card, please complete the form below, select delegate rate and proceed to the payment page.

If you would prefer to be invoiced for payment, please download a booking form (click on the link at the bottom of this page) and submit with a valid purchase order number which you should obtain from your finance department (if applicable). (In line with 'best practice', it is now a requirement of many organisations that all supplier invoices quote a valid purchase order number to allow payment to be made. Invoices will not be issued without a valid purchase order number.)

If you have any enquiries, please phone us on 01463 667318 and we will be very happy to help.

FAB RESEARCH - GALA DINNER

A unique chance to hear Dr Ben Goldacre, the 'Bad Science' Guardian columnist, and Dr Paul Clayton, nutrition scientist and author, speaking after dinner.

Food and Behaviour Research is hosting a Gala Dinner in the Banqueting Hall at Magdalen College on the evening of 24th September, to which all are welcome. Delegates attending the conference on the next day, Fri, 25th Sept, and their families and guests are warmly invited to attend at a reduced rate. The dinner will provide a superb opportunity to meet world-class researchers in the truly magnificent setting of the 15th century Banqueting Hall and a unique chance to hear Dr Ben Goldacre and Dr Paul Clayton speaking after the dinner.

Gala Dinner Tickets for conference delegates and their guests:

Individual ticket - £105 (save £20)
2 people - £205 (save £45)
3 people - £305 (save £70)
4 people - £405 (save £95)

Further details of the Gala Dinner and where you may also book and pay for tickets can be found here FAB Research - GALA DINNER - 24 September 2009. A booking form is also included with the conference flyer and booking form downloadable below, should you wish to attend the dinner.