Changing Diets, Changing Minds: how food affects mental well being and behaviour

Acknowledgments This report was written by Courtney Van de Weyer edited by Sustain's Jeanette Longfield, Mental Health Foundation's Iain Ryrie and Deborah Cornah, and Food Council's Kath Dalmeny.

We thank the following stakeholders for the support from concept to review in preparing this report. Matthew Adams, Nigel Baker, Michelle Berridale-Johnson (Foods Matter), Sally Bunday (Hyperactivity Disorder) Child Support Group, Martin Charaher (City University Food Policy Center), Michael Crawford (London University Brain Chemistry Nutrition Maddy Halliday (formerly the Mental Health Foundation), Joseph Hibbeln (National Institutes of Health)), Helen Crawley (Caroline Walker Trust), Amanda · Gary (food and mood), Bernard- , Malcolm Hooper (Saudland University Autism Research Institute), Tim Lang (Food Center), City University), Tracey Maher (Young Minds Magazine), Erik Millstone (Sussex University Social Science Research Group), Kate Neil (Nutrition Education Center) Malcolm Peet (consultant psychiatrist, Donca) Ster and South Humber Healthcare NHS Tra Alex Richardson (Oxford University Food Behavior Research), Linda Seymour (Psychology), Andrew Whitley (Village Bakery), Kate Williams (South London Chief Diet & Mosley NHS Trust)

I also thank the Mental Health Foundation and the Tudor Trust Fund for financing the preparation of this report.

Opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily the recognition or maintenance of members' personal or collective views. All mistakes and omissions are completely wrong or omission of the author.

* This volume has another accompanying report entitled "Nutrition: Effects of Foods on Mental Health" created by Sustain's Food and Mental Health Project Partner and the Mental Health Foundation. The report can be found at www.mentalhealth.org.uk

The idea that food affects our moods and behaviors is not new, and researchers have found some interesting relationships between what we eat and mental health. When it becomes confidence and self-esteem, considering your diet and making necessary changes will reduce anxiety and help you improve your mood, thus you will feel better and confident about yourself I will help you. So how do you do foods? All of this is to have a correct nutritional balance from food, which can help our mood and emotions. For example, when you eat carbohydrate-rich food, the brain will receive more serotonin - the hormone will make you feel positive, relaxed and confident. Too much sugar and caffeine food and drinks can cause uneven mood, it may be drowsy, restless and uneasy

As people concentrate on high calorie, protein, animal food diet, what we eat is changing rapidly all over the world. A new paper by the World Resources Institute "Changes in dietary life for a sustainable food future" explores these changes, food security and the challenge to a sustainable future. By slightly changing consumer choice, it shows that there is a possibility that the use of agricultural resources may be reduced and the environmental problem may be mitigated. For example, ordinary Americans can reduce the occupation area of ​​meals by reducing the intake of meat and dairy products. In order to help people transition to a larger and more sustainable diet, this article describes a runner that uses marketing and behavior change strategies that have already been used in the food industry to influence consumer purchasing to introduce.

The changing world, established behavior patterns are increasingly questioned. As global trade availability grows, experiments on tobacco, alcohol and drugs are now widely conducted. Failure to balance food shortage and food can lead to malnutrition. For girls and young women, this may have a serious effect on pregnancy outcomes. The lack of employment, income, educational opportunities can cause stress, depression, and even suicide. In many societies, changes in social and sexual norms will increase the risk of unwanted pregnancies. What? What? What? Sexual violence, trafficking in person, and early marriage may worsen the situation. The spread of gender inequality affects the ability of girls to position girls in a particularly disadvantageous position in access to education, medical care, and income and to choose when to have sex with women when, when, and under what circumstances.