SynthesisMaternal & child nutrition2017
The role of diet and nutritional supplementation in perinatal depression: a systematic review.
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- Proactive approaches to preventing postpartum depression in non-depressive pregnant women: a comprehensive scoping review.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Pooled it
- The role of selenium in depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of human observational and interventional studies.Scientific reports · 2022Pooled it
- Maternal Postpartum Diet and Postpartum Depression: A Systematic Review.Maternal and child health journal · 2020Pooled it
- Global burden of antenatal depression and its association with adverse birth outcomes: an umbrella review.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
- The Role of Diet, Eating Behavior, and Nutrition Intervention in Seasonal Affective Disorder: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Pooled it
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- Systematic review of the association between dietary patterns and perinatal anxiety and depression.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2019Pooled it
- Dietary Inflammatory Potential and the Risk of Incident Depression in Adults: A Systematic Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2019Pooled it
- Fetal programming of neuropsychiatric disorders by maternal pregnancy depression: a systematic mini review.Pediatric research · 2019Pooled it
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- The effectiveness of interventions using relaxation therapy to improve breastfeeding outcomes: A systematic review.Maternal & child nutrition · 2018Pooled it
- The role of diet and nutritional supplementation in perinatal depression: a systematic review.Maternal & child nutrition · 2017Pooled it
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- Understanding modifiable caregiver factors contributing to child development among young children in rural Malawi.Maternal & child nutrition · 2024Trial
- Exercise, Mediterranean Diet Adherence or Both during Pregnancy to Prevent Postpartum Depression-GESTAFIT Trial Secondary Analyses.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Folate and global health: part 5. syntheses on neuropsychiatric disorders.Journal of global health · 2026Review
- Maternal Diet Quality and Third Trimester Depression: Insights From a Nepali Birth Cohort Study.Maternal & child nutrition · 2026Article
- Association between differences in ambient light exposure by hospital bed location and depressive symptoms among postpartum women.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Investigating the relationship between MIND diet and postpartum depressive symptoms.BMC women's health · 2025Article
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Abstract
This article presents a systematic literature review on whether dietary intake influences the risk for perinatal depression, i.e. depression during pregnancy or post-partum. Such a link has been hypothesized given that certain nutrients are important in the neurotransmission system and pregnancy depletes essential nutrients. PubMed, EMBASE and CINAHL databases were searched for relevant articles until 30 May 2015. We included peer-reviewed studies of any design that evaluated whether perinatal depression is related to dietary intake, which was defined as adherence to certain diets, food-derived intake of essential nutrients or supplements. We identified 4808 studies, of which 35 fulfilled inclusion criteria: six randomized controlled trials, 12 cohort, one case-control and 16 cross-sectional studies, representing 88 051 distinct subjects. Studies were grouped into four main categories based on the analysis of dietary intake: adherence to dietary patterns (nine studies); full panel of essential nutrients (six studies); specific nutrients (including B vitamins, Vitamin D, calcium and zinc; eight studies); and intake of fish or polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs; 12 studies). While 13 studies, including three PUFA supplementation trials, found no evidence of an association, 22 studies showed protective effects from healthy dietary patterns, multivitamin supplementation, fish and PUFA intake, calcium, Vitamin D, zinc and possibly selenium. Given the methodological limitations of existing studies and inconsistencies in findings across studies, the evidence on whether nutritional factors influence the risk of perinatal depression is still inconclusive. Further longitudinal studies are needed, with robust and consistent measurement of dietary intake and depressive symptoms, ideally starting before pregnancy.
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