Diet for Children’s Mood, Behaviour and Learning

Feeding Better Mood, Behaviour, Learning & Sleep

with David Rex, RD and Dr Alex Richardson

Looking at the scientific evidence supporting how diet can influence both physical and mental health. This webinar is a good starting point to get some understanding behind food and behaviour and how getting the diet right for your child may help to improve frame of mind and the ability to be calm and more relaxed.

We all know anecdotally that diet can influence behaviour

Here you can learn what works (and what doesn’t) when it comes to practical ways in which parents, teachers, healthcare professionals and policy makers can help to improve children’s ability to make healthier food choices.

Selective or 'fussy' eating
- a masterclass

with David Rex, RD and Dr Alex Richardson

When it comes to fussy eating, David Rex provides clear and practical guidance and tips on how to best influence children’s food choices in a positive way. Looking at influencing factors which determine why children eat the way they do, and ways to challenge this with positive outcomes.

Getting off the rollercoaster

David also addresses the benefits of eating at regular intervals to avoid blood glucose levels dropping too far and thus causing emotions such as ‘hanger’. How food is ‘processed’, why this is an issue and what we can do about it and what ‘varied’ eating actually means.

The Role of Food and Diet in ADHD

with Dr Alex Richardson

You will learn some simple diet and lifestyle changes that clinical trials have shown can improve ‘core’ ADHD symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity.
Other evidence-based strategies and tactics for reducing stress, anxiety and ‘meltdowns’ – and improving mood and sleep – for both you and your child!

Nutrition matters

Despite all the evidence, nutrition and diet are still largely ignored in standard clinical practice for the diagnosis or management of ADHD or other child behaviour and learning difficulties. But given the right information, parents, teachers and healthcare professionals can help to improve almost any child’s diet and eating habits to help them maximise their potential.

Autism Spectrum Disorders:
Dietary Approaches

with Dr Alex Richardson

Behaviour, mood and learning all depend on the health and development of the brain and nervous system.

This helps to explain why many physical health problems - particularly allergies and immune disorders, and some gastro-intestinal conditions - are unusually common in children and adults with ASD and related behavioural conditions.

It also helps to explain why, and how, nutrition and diet can play an important role in the prevention and management of both physical and mental health symptoms.

Practical advice to improve diet

Dr Richardson discusses practical and effective ways to improve diet and nutrition in children and adults with ASD and related difficulties with mood, behaviour or learning -at home, in schools and in the workplace.