Brain health across the life course: Nutrient gaps, lifestyle levers, and next-gen cognitive ingredients

Our brain shapes everything – how we think, feel, learn, perform and age – yet most people only focus on it when something starts to go wrong. This session reframes brain health as a proactive, lifelong priority, mapping how cognitive needs change across life stages and where today’s biggest nutrient gaps sit. We’ll connect the lifestyle fundamentals that matter most (diet quality, sleep, movement, stress) to practical nutrition strategies, showing where everyday foods can do the heavy lifting, where supplements can help close gaps, and why functional foods and drinks are emerging as the easiest “in-routine” way to support brain health.