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45 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A systematic review of the association of diet quality with the mental health of university students: implications in health education practice.Health education research · 2023Pooled it
- Unhealthy behaviors associated with mental health disorders: a systematic comparative review of diet quality, sedentary behavior, and cannabis and tobacco use.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Fruit and Vegetable Dietary Patterns and Mental Health in Women: A Systematic Review.Nutrition reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Evidence of the Importance of Dietary Habits Regarding Depressive Symptoms and Depression.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
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- The Feasibility and Efficacy of a Brief Integrative Treatment for Adults With Depression and/or Anxiety: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of evidence-based integrative medicineTrial
- Dietary Quality in Bipolar Disorder Compared to Unipolar Depression (Current and Remitted) and Healthy Controls: The Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety.Bipolar disorders · 2026Article
- Food- and Nutrient-Based Dietary Patterns and Depression in Korean Adults: A Machine Learning Approach Using KNHANES 2016-2021.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Dietary Patterns and Depressive Symptom Severity in the Hungarian Adult Population: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Survey.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Plant-derived bioactives in depression-related and antidepressant-associated sexual dysfunction: a narrative review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- Plant-based diets and depression: epidemiological evidence, biological mechanisms, and implications for prevention.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- Development and Internal Validation of Machine Learning-Based Risk Prediction Models for Depression in Older Adults Undergoing Maintenance Hemodialysis.Clinical interventions in aging · 2026Article
- Food Insecurity Is Highly Prevalent Amongst Patients With Chronic Liver Disease in Northern England: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2025Article
- Association between the Japanese-style diet and low prevalence of depressive symptoms: Japan Epidemiology Collaboration on Occupational Health Study.Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2025Article
- Optimal dietary patterns for healthy aging.Nature medicine · 2025Article
- No Association Between Diet Quality, Nutritional Status, and Quality of Life in Women with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis-A Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Dose-dependent association between physical activity and mental health, and mitigation effects on risk behaviors.iScience · 2025Article
- The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis in Depression: Mechanisms, Microbiota-Targeted Interventions, and Translational Challenges.International journal of microbiology · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundReview findings on the role of dietary patterns in preventing depression are inconsistent, possibly due to variation in assessment of dietary exposure and depression. We studied the association between dietary patterns and depressive symptoms in six population-based cohorts and meta-analysed the findings using a standardised approach that defined dietary exposure, depression assessment and covariates.
methodsIncluded were cross-sectional data from 23 026 participants in six cohorts: InCHIANTI (Italy), LASA, NESDA, HELIUS (the Netherlands), ALSWH (Australia) and Whitehall II (UK). Analysis of incidence was based on three cohorts with repeated measures of depressive symptoms at 5-6 years of follow-up in 10 721 participants: Whitehall II, InCHIANTI, ALSWH. Three a priori dietary patterns, Mediterranean diet score (MDS), Alternative Healthy Eating Index (AHEI-2010), and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet were investigated in relation to depressive symptoms. Analyses at the cohort-level adjusted for a fixed set of confounders, meta-analysis used a random-effects model.
resultsCross-sectional and prospective analyses showed statistically significant inverse associations of the three dietary patterns with depressive symptoms (continuous and dichotomous). In cross-sectional analysis, the association of diet with depressive symptoms using a cut-off yielded an adjusted OR of 0.87 (95% confidence interval 0.84-0.91) for MDS, 0.93 (0.88-0.98) for AHEI-2010, and 0.94 (0.87-1.01) for DASH. Similar associations were observed prospectively: 0.88 (0.80-0.96) for MDS; 0.95 (0.84-1.06) for AHEI-2010; 0.90 (0.84-0.97) for DASH.
conclusionPopulation-scale observational evidence indicates that adults following a healthy dietary pattern have fewer depressive symptoms and lower risk of developing depressive symptoms.
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