High Fat Diets And Learning Disabilities

Course details

To what extend are learning problems in primary school children related with high fat diets and unhealthy eating habits?

Is ADHD a direct consequence of saturated fat diets, high in sodium and sugar intake?

SECTION 1
Course Presentation - Why Take This Course

SECTION 2
PART I - High fat diets in school children

• what's on a school lunch tray?
• are children aware of what's on their plates?
• effects of eating fat in children - how does it affect their metabolism?
• the mice experiment (University of Illinois)

SECTION 3

PART II - Junk food and ADHD

• what do we mean by ADHD?
• what does it feel to have ADHD?
• nutritional deficiencies linked with ADHD

SECTION 4

PART III - What should be done?

• are unhealthy eating habits reversible and preventable?
• healthy eating, school performance and social interaction
• what can you do as a teacher?
• how to establish and promote food education in your classroom