Diet Quality And Mental Health

In cross sectional analyses we found evidence for an association between an unhealthy diet and mental health problems.

Diet quality and mental health. Diet quality was measured from dietary questionnaires and mental health assessed using the strengths and difficulties questionnaire sdq and the short mood and feelings questionnaire smfq. Can diet impact mental health. Diet quality plays no mediating role in two established pathways to common mental health problems. In this study diet quality was associated with adolescent mental health both cross sectionally and prospectively.

Improvements in diet quality were mirrored by improvements in mental health over the follow up period while deteriorating diet quality was associated with poorer psychological functioning. A new review takes a look at the evidence. Moreover improvements in diet quality were mirrored by improvements in mental health while reductions in diet quality were associated with declining psychological functioning over the follow up period. However such interventions are unlikely to prevent the onset or recurrence of depression and anxiety.

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