The Institute for Food, Brain and Behaviour ("IFBB") is a

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with the primary focus of commissioning research into how food, nutrition and diet can affect brain function and behaviour. Trustees include France Jackson (Chairman) and

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. Former trustees include

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, Baroness Greenfield, Nicholas Frayling and Lord Ramsbotham. The Science Fellows are Kathleen Taylor (biologist), Dr Jonathan Tamman and Dr Rachel Gow. The Patron is

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History

In 1984, a charity known as South Cumbria Alternative Sentencing Options was founded to investigate whether nutrition could play a role in minimising recidivism in young offenders. The organisation became Natural Justice in 1991, and finally the Institute for Food, Brain and Behaviour in 2010. In 2019, the Charity adopted the working name of "Think Through Nutrition".

Research

The institute has a collaborative research programme with

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. It facilitated a £1.4 million research project in three prisons funded by the

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. The study commenced in January 2008 with Professor

of Oxford University as Principal Investigator. It was carried out at three

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, Greater Manchester; Lancaster Farms, Lancashire; and HM Prison Polmont, Falkirk. The institute has been carrying out a study at Robert Clack School into whether nutritional supplements can improve disadvantaged pupils' cognitive skills and behaviour. This is funded by the

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under their 'food' strand.

References

External links

Think Through Nutrition
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