ArticleMaternal & child nutrition2017
Antenatal dietary patterns and depressive symptoms during pregnancy and early post-partum.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 50 citations in OpenAlex.
- Maternal Dietary Patterns and Risk of Postpartum Depression: A Systematic Review.Maternal and child health journal · 2023Pooled it
- Maternal Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods-Rich Diet and Perinatal Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Fruit and Vegetable Dietary Patterns and Mental Health in Women: A Systematic Review.Nutrition reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Systematic review of the association between dietary patterns and perinatal anxiety and depression.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2019Pooled it
- Associations of Mediterranean diet with psychological ill-being and well-being throughout the pregnancy course: The GESTAFIT project.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2022Trial
- Perceptions of African Migrant Women Regarding Food Consumption During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period in Australia: A Qualitative Study.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2026Article
- Association between the plant-based Mediterranean diet and neuropsychological distress of the breastfeeding mothers and their infants.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Maternal Fiber Intake and Perinatal Depression and Anxiety.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Perinatal dietary patterns and symptomatic depression: A prospective cohort study.Maternal & child nutrition · 2024Article
- Association between dietary intake and symptoms of depression and anxiety in pregnant women: Evidence from a community-based observational study.Food science & nutrition · 2023Article
- Excessive gestational weight gain and emotional eating are positively associated with postpartum depressive symptoms among taiwanese women.BMC women's health · 2023Article
- Empirically derived dietary patterns and postpartum depression symptoms in a large sample of Iranian women.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Antenatal diet quality and perinatal depression: the Microbiome Understanding in Maternity Study (MUMS) cohort.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2023Article
- Pathways from Neuroticism, Social Support, and Sleep Quality to Antenatal Depression during the Third Trimester of Pregnancy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Association between modes of delivery and postpartum dietary patterns: A cross-sectional study in Northwest China.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Converging vulnerability factors for compulsive food and drug use.Neuropharmacology · 2021Review
- Associations of maternal stress and/or depressive symptoms with diet quality during pregnancy: a narrative review.Nutrition reviews · 2021Review
- Precision medicine in perinatal depression in light of the human microbiome.Psychopharmacology · 2020Review
- The Effect of a Maternal Mediterranean Diet in Pregnancy on Insulin Resistance is Moderated by Maternal Negative Affect.Nutrients · 2020Article
- Dietary patterns during pregnancy and health-related quality of life: The Japan Environment and Children's Study.PloS one · 2020Article
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Abstract
Perinatal depression is a debilitating disorder experienced during pregnancy and/or the first year post-partum. Recently, maternal dietary intake during pregnancy has emerged as a possible area of intervention for the prevention of mental disorders in women and their offspring. However, the relationship between antenatal diet quality and perinatal depressive symptoms remains poorly understood. The current study explored the predictive role of antenatal diet quality for antenatal and post-natal depressive symptoms. Pregnant women (n = 167) were recruited between February 2010 and December 2011. Women completed the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale at time 1 [T1, mean weeks gestation = 16.70, standard deviation (SD) = 0.91], time 2 (T2, mean weeks gestation = 32.89, SD = 0.89) and time 3 (T3, mean weeks post-partum = 13.51, SD = 1.97) and a food frequency questionnaire at T1 and T2. Diet quality was determined by extracting dietary patterns via principal components analysis. Two dietary patterns were identified: 'healthy' (including fruit, vegetables, fish and whole grains) and 'unhealthy' (including sweets, refined grains, high-energy drinks and fast foods). Associations between dietary patterns and depressive symptoms were investigated by path analyses. While both 'healthy' and 'unhealthy' path models showed good fit, only one significant association consistent with study hypotheses was found, an 'unhealthy' diet was associated with increased depressive symptoms at 32 weeks gestation. Given that this association was cross-sectional, it was not possible to make any firm conclusions about the predictive nature of either dietary patterns or depressive symptoms. Dietary intervention studies or larger prospective studies are therefore recommended.
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