FAB Research Conferences - Confirmed Events in 2010

ABOUT FAB RESEARCH CONFERENCES

FAB Research has been running professional conferences regularly since 2003 and is recognised nationally and internationally by Education and Health professionals, Private Sector organisations, the general public and the media, as a provider of reliable, evidence-based information. Each event has provided an opportunity to hear the latest scientific evidence on how diet can affect behaviour, learning ability, mood and mental wellbeing, and to find out what you can do to improve matters.

Speakers

The conference speakers are not only experts in their respective fields, but are also highly skilled and experienced at communicating the latest research and its implications to professionals and the general public, as well as to academic or specialist audiences.

2010 EVENTS PROGRAMME

Following on from a very successful series of events around the UK in 2008 and 2009, we are delighted to announce dates and venues for our 2010 programme.

FEEDING BETTER BEHAVIOUR AND LEARNING Wednesday, 24th March 2010 - The Bridgewater Hall - Manchester  This event has now taken place.

NUTRITION FOR BEHAVIOUR, LEARNING AND MOOD Wednesday, 5th May 2010 - The Carlton Hotel, Edinburgh This event has now taken place.

DIET, BRAINS AND BEHAVIOUR: MAKING THE LINK Thursday, 10th June 2010 – The Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel, Bristol This event has now taken place.

FEEDING SUCCESS: WHY BETTER NUTRITION IS VITAL FOR IMPROVING MENTAL HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE Thursday, 23rd September 2010 - The Saïd Business School, Oxford  Find out more and book and pay online here.

Who should attend?

Professionals, Policy Makers, Parents & Carers, Media in: Education | Health | Criminal Justice | Social Services | Catering | Voluntary Organisations

WHAT OUR DELEGATES HAVE TO SAY

"It's raised my awareness of the importance of a healthy diet for all, not just those with behavioural issues/problems" - Early Years Officer, Local Authority, Cardiff 2009

"I will be providing an inset to ALL staff in April 2009 on ADHD/Food Intolerance" - PT, Independent Boarding School, Brighton 2009

"I will use this information to persuade my organisation to develop a project using nutrition to help the young people we work with" - Children's Worker in Health and Education, Edinburgh 2009

"I will provide feedback to all public health networks - health visitors/pre-school networks/youth service/school nurse, council. All that I heard today was inspirational and useful and gives me confidence to stand up for advocating proper food" - Community Development Dietitian, Cardiff 2009

"The conference has given us invaluable research to support children and families and practice in our children's centre. Excellent presentations, life-changing information" - Teacher, Children's Centre, Edinburgh 2009

"Inspiring to hear professionals on top of their game and was extremely helpful to hear the hard evidence I can use in the struggle to get help for my son. Restored my faith in health professionals and confirmed that I am not mad!" - Parent of child with dyslexia, allergies, depression, exhaustion and over-active immune system - Edinburgh 2009

WHAT OUR SPEAKERS HAVE TO SAY

At the Edinburgh 2009 conference, we conducted interviews with some of the speakers.

Professor Malcolm Peet, Consultant Psychiatrist; NHS Consultant, Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber. Leading international researcher in the field of nutrition and mental health, now working primary with young people aged 14-35 with a first episode of psychosis, and also has an academic attachment with the University of Sheffield:

"As a psychiatrist dealing with young people, I am acutely aware that young people have terrible diets - even worse than the general population and that's bad enough! Many people with more serious mental health problems also have associated physical health problems, particularly heart disease, obesity and diabetes. All of those are nutritionally related, so there's very good reason - both from the point of view of mental and physical health - to be concerned about people's nutrition. Even if you don't believe that nutrition is important for mental health, then at the very least people's nutrition should be attended to because of the associated physical health problems that they suffer. The important thing is to get this message out to as many people as possible. People don't know what the evidence is - it's outside the usual paradigm. People don't think about nutrition. In the past, there's been a lot of quackery associated with nutrition. What we do is based on a good, sound scientific basis, and the merits of FAB Research are that they share that vision. The aim of FAB Research is to develop good scientific evidence and to disseminate that to the actual practitioners - to people who can make use of it to help people. Research is of no use to anybody unless it's practically applied, and the conferences FAB Research runs are a major vehicle for doing that".

Dave Rex, Dietitian for Children's Services working for NHS Highland, and Healthy Eating in Schools Co-ordinator

"Within nutrition, we've been very interested in the impact of the food we eat on diet-related cancers, heart disease, strokes, oral health, and all of that is undoubtedly important. But a lot of these things - particularly cancer and heart disease - feel an awfully long way off for children and young people, their parents and teachers. We're looking at changing our behaviour now for affecting health in 30, 40, 50 years time. The advantage of FAB Research is not only that it's particularly relevant to children I see with ASD and ADHD, but it's also very relevant to all children because the impact of changing what you eat on your mood can be as quick as hours, days, weeks or months, rather than years or decades".

Professor Gordon Bell, Project Leader, Nutrition Group, Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling; long-standing interest, particularly of Omega-3 fatty acids

"The website and conferences provide valuable information which isn't always available and in an easily digested form for lay people or for that matter, professionals, or from government sources, so I think FAB Research is doing a really good job".

Dr Tom Gilhooly, Glasgow-based GP and Medical Advisor

"The major benefit of FAB Research is to highlight this nutritional component, which is easily forgotten in a world where we're dominated by drugs and the pharmaceutical industry. It's easy to forget that some of the basic problems may well be nutritional deficiencies that can be corrected usually fairly easily, and these make a significant difference. It might be that it's not replacing drug treatment but complementing and augmenting drug treatment".

Continuing Professional Development

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