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Food and Mental Health

Feeding Minds Campaign

 

Changes to our diet in the last fifty years or so are thought to be an important factor behind recent trends in mental health and mental illness.

 

Together with Sustain: the alliance for better farming and food, we have launched a campaign to increase awareness and understanding of the links between food and mental health, and to press for shifts in policy and practice as a result.

 

 

We are campaigning to change behaviour to increase the use of diet in the care, treatment and promotion of mental health.

 

Read campaign reports

 

Feeding Minds: the impact of food on mental health
Feeding Minds: the impact of food on mental health - [860 KB] This report lays out the evidence linking trends in food consumption with mental ill-health.
Feeding Minds - Executive Summary
Feeding Minds - Executive Summary - [453 KB] This executive summary provides a summary of information and findings from the Feeding Minds report.
Changing Minds
Changing Minds - [826 KB] This is the report from Sustain

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View nutrients table

 

Campaign materials

 

 

 

 

  • Read personal stories about people who have experienced mental health problems such as how food affects mental health

 

View table which provides guidance on which foods are linked to mental wellbeing

 

Nutrients table
Nutrients table - [64 KB] Nutrients table

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Read our healthy eating booklet

 

Healthy eating and depression
Healthy eating and depression: How diet may help protect your mental health

 

This booklet is for anyone who wishes to protect their mental health through healthy eating. It is particularly relevant for people recovering from mild or moderate depression and suggests how changes to their diet can help improve their mood.

 

- Read booklet online

 

- Download booklet below

 

Download
Download - [244 KB] Healthy eating and depression

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View Feeding Minds webguide

 

Red Pepper

 

Find out which foods are thought to affect mental health and wellbeing by using our Feeding Minds Webguide

 

 

 

 

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Have your say

 

We want to hear your views on food and mental health. Post your experiences and opinions on the bulletin board below

 TopicRepliesLast Post
Food and Mental Health028/09/2006
Food and Mental Health 128/09/2006
Nutrition029/09/2006
Affordability506/12/2006
You are what you eat!107/11/2006
Is chicken a healthy food choice?429/09/2006
I have ADHD and am nearly 20013/01/2007
Studies on Nutrition and Mental Handicaps?003/07/2007
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