Nutrition & Mental Health Conference Program:
09.30am Registration and Refreshments
10.00am Welcome & Introduction. Chair: Rob Rees MBE, Chair of the school Food Trust
10.10am Opening Keynote Session:
Nutrient priorities for the developing child. Dr. Alex Richardson Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford
10.40am Epigenetic Programming: the effects of environmental and lifestyle exposure in early life. Professor Richard Sharpe, MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh
11.15am Review of morning sessions / questions & answers
11.30am Refreshments
12.00am Parallel Workshop Sessions:
The 'how to' of healthy eating
Sally Child Nutritional Therapist, Author
A nutritional approach to the prevention and management of childhood obesity
Kate Neill Director of the Centre for Nutrition Education & Lifestyle Management, Nutritional Therapist, Lecturer
Pregnancy, immunity and allergy prevention: the role of natural interventions in managing current and future health problems
Michael Ash Osteopath, Naturopath, Nutritional Therapist
Identifying and managing eating distress in children and teenagers
Helen Lynam Nutritional Therapist, Lecturer
1.00pm Lunch
2.00pm Workshop Sessions repeated.
3.00pm Refreshments
3.15pm Omega-3 fatty acids and the developing brain: the present status of child mental ill-health. Rachel Gow Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London.
3.45pm School feeding and 'the school fringe': factors affecting food choices inside and outside the classroom. Professor Jack Winkler, Nutrition Policy Unit, London Metropolitan University
4.15pm Review of afternoon sessions / questions and answers
4.30pm Conclusions and Close
We reserve the right to cancel or alter any part of the programme due to unforeseen circumstances
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