Cooinda Family Support Group Inc.
presents a workshops with
Sue Dengate
The Effects of Foods on Children's Behaviour
Author of the best selling Fed Up series
Former teacher and psychology graduate, twice nominated as Australian of the Year, Sue Dengate became interested in food intolerance after recognising the effect of foods on her
own children. In the past 15 years, Sue has spoken to tens of thousands of parents in
Australia, the USA and the UK.
Sue constantly hears from parents: "you touched our lives in an incredible way" and
"we would still be living with an unhappy, difficult child".
Former teacher and psychology graduate, twice nominated as Australian of the Year, Sue Dengate became interested in food intolerance after recognising the effect of foods on her
own children. In the past 15 years, Sue has spoken to tens of thousands of parents in
Australia, the USA and the UK.
Sue constantly hears from parents: "you touched our lives in an incredible way" and
"we would still be living with an unhappy, difficult child".
Thursday 27th August 2009
Banksia Room
Commerciul CIub (Albury) Ltd
Time: 7.00 pm- 9.00pm
(Registration from 6"30pm)
Cost: $20.00 Family members and Students
($10 for additional family members)
$30.00 Professionals/ Service Providers
Banksia Room
Commerciul CIub (Albury) Ltd
Time: 7.00 pm- 9.00pm
(Registration from 6"30pm)
Cost: $20.00 Family members and Students
($10 for additional family members)
$30.00 Professionals/ Service Providers
RSW: Monday 24th August 2009
Sue's Failsafe Cookbook and DVD Fed Up with Children's Behaviour
will be available for sale at a discounted price, cash or cheque only
(For more information please contact Cooinda on Ph: (02) 60564844)
will be available for sale at a discounted price, cash or cheque only
(For more information please contact Cooinda on Ph: (02) 60564844)
BAD BEHAVIOUR LINKED TO DIET
Food additives and natural chemicals in foods are a major cause of irritability, restlessness, inattention and sleep disturbance in children according to researcher Sue Dengate.
"Testing for behavioural toxicity should be a part of all food additive safety evaluation, but the Australian food regulator, Food Standards Australia New Zealand, has yet to take this seriously," Ms Dengate said.
Recent research has shown that far more children are affected than parents or authorities realise. Recent study on the Isle of Wight showed that children's behaviour improved when colours and benzoate preservatives were removed, whether the children were hyperactive or not.
Recently, ITV in the UK provided additive-free food for just two weeks to an entire class of 6 year-olds, with 60% improving in behaviour.
This trial was repeated and filmed at Palmers Island Primary School in northern NSW, where parents, teachers and 120 pupils were all convinced of the benefits of avoiding food additives. The results appear on a DVD called "Fed Up with Children's Behaviour".
"It is not just a few who are affected - anybody, adults included, can be affected without realising it," Ms Dengate said.
"If your child is easily annoyed, demanding, argumentative, can't concentrate on reading or homework, is easily distracted, restless, fidgety and can't sit still, or has difficulty settling down to sleep, think food chemicals," said Dengate.
"This is an important public health issue. Effects of food colours on children's behaviour and learning are well documented but other additives are often in healthy staple foods eaten every day. Parents don't even know their children are affected."
Further information is available at http://www.fedup.com.au/
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