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Your go-to place for reliable, independent information on how food, diet and nutrition affect behaviour, mood, learning, and mental wellbeing
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Who We Are
Welcome to FAB. We are a researcher-led charity dedicated to informing, educating and transforming lives through advancing and sharing findings from scientific research into the links between nutrition and human behaviour.
What We Do
FAB recognises the urgent need to raise awareness of the fundamental role that food and diet play in supporting mental health, wellbeing and performance. To do that, we promote and support education and training, as well as world-leading research on the relationships between nutrition, brain function, and behaviour.
Our work spans a wide variety of different fields, linking together key findings on how nutrition can influence brain health and development, shaping both normal individual differences in behaviour, mood and learning, and various mental conditions or disorders.
We provide independent, evidence-based information on how food and diet affect brain function - for researchers and students, professionals, policymakers and the public. Our activities and platform also encourage collaboration, the transfer and sharing of knowledge, and the exchange of ideas to improve both scientific research and everyday practice.
Leading-Edge Research
FAB stays current with the latest leading-edge research, using this to help inform individuals, practitioners and policymakers on issues relevant to their interests.
By sharing our information and research with a wide and varied audience and drawing on their knowledge and expertise, we can help to inform and educate on workable strategies for improving nutrition to enhance both child development and mental health and wellbeing at any age.
Join Us as a FAB Associate
Become a FAB Associate and gain exclusive access to a unique and ever-growing library of FAB resources, including regular webinars and other events - and in-depth answers to your questions - from our multi-disciplinary network of expert researchers and professionals.
By joining us as an Associate, you will also be helping us to continue and extend the work we do as a small, independent, researcher-led charity.
Childhood neurodevelopmental conditions including ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorders, dyslexia, and dyspraxia.
Psychological and psychiatric conditions such as anxiety, depression, eating disorders, self-harm and substance use disorders, and psychosis.
Age-related mental health conditions like dementia and other neurological disorders.
Mental Wellbeing
How can food, diet and nutrition affect mental wellbeing?
The increase in mental health conditions, including childhood neurodevelopmental disorders, psychological conditions, and age-related issues, is alarming.
Among the most common are:
The relentless rise in these conditions reflects many different factors, but increasing evidence shows diet is among them, highlighting the crucial role of nutrition in brain and nervous system development and functioning.
What’s more, food and diet are more easily modified than many other risk factors. Early intervention to improve nutrition can potentially prevent serious difficulties with mood, behaviour, and learning from developing; and dietary changes can often enhance the effectiveness of existing treatments.
If not properly managed, these conditions can severely limit individuals' opportunities, impacting society and the economy through effects on education, health, social services, and more.
Despite the recognition of nutrition's importance for physical health, its fundamental role in brain development, mental well-being, and performance is still too often overlooked. This is where FAB’s research, education and other activities are focused - on identifying the critical connections between food, diet, and mental health (which work both ways) – and developing better ways to apply these in practice.
Discover the Latest Events at FAB
Explore our schedule of upcoming events designed to bring you cutting-edge insights into nutrition and brain health from leading experts in the field. Attend, engage, and expand your knowledge and understanding of how changing diets can help change minds.
Upcoming Events
Learn about how food and diet can influence mental health, wellbeing and performance.
Become an Associate
Join FAB as an Associate, to receive free access to all of FAB’s future AND past webinars.
