SynthesisEuropean journal of clinical nutrition2018
Non-alcoholic beverage consumption and risk of depression: epidemiological evidence from observational studies.
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- Depression and lifestyle: Focusing on nutrition, exercise, and their possible relevance to molecular mechanisms.Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2023Pooled it
- Association between dietary caffeine, coffee, and tea consumption and depressive symptoms in adults: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of observational studies.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Pooled it
- The Impact of Lockdowns on Caffeine Consumption: A Systematic Review of the Evidence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Role of dietary factors in the prevention and treatment for depression: an umbrella review of meta-analyses of prospective studies.Translational psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- Coffee consumption and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a meta-analysis by potential modifiers.European journal of epidemiology · 2019Pooled it
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- Associations of nutritional habits, lifestyle, and demographic factors with mental health outcomes among university students in Lebanon: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Coffee's Impact on Health and Well-Being.Nutrients · 2025Review
- An Anti-Inflammatory Diet and Its Potential Benefit for Individuals with Mental Disorders and Neurodegenerative Diseases-A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Dietary Factors and the Risk of Depression among Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Psychological aspects of rehabilitation nutrition: A position paper by the Japanese Association of Rehabilitation Nutrition (secondary publication).Journal of general and family medicine · 2024Article
- Longitudinal analysis for the risk of depression according to the consumption of sugar-sweetened carbonated beverage in non-diabetic and diabetic population.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Patterns of unhealthy behaviours during adolescence and subsequent anxiety and depression in adulthood: a prospective register linkage study of the HUNT survey and health registries.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2023Article
- Inverted U-shaped relationship between coffee consumption and serum uric acid in American chronic kidney disease population.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- The relationships between use of alcohol, tobacco and coffee in adolescence and mood disorders in adulthood.Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica · 2022Article
- Biological Role of Nutrients, Food and Dietary Patterns in the Prevention and Clinical Management of Major Depressive Disorder.Nutrients · 2022Review
- Young women's food consumption and mental health: the role of employment.BMC women's health · 2022Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND/
objectivesRecent epidemiological studies have examined associations between various types of non-alcoholic beverage consumption and risk of depression, but the associations were inconsistent. To provide a quantitative assessment of this association, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. SUBJECTS/
methodsWe searched PubMed and Web of Science databases through February 2017 for eligible studies and examined the reference lists of the retrieved articles. A random-effects model was used to calculate pooled relative risks (RR) with 95% CIs after adjusting for important confounders.
resultsWe identified fifteen observational studies (9 cross-sectional studies; 6 prospective studies) of beverage consumption and depression, including 20,572 cases of depression among 347,691 participants. For coffee and tea consumption, the pooled RRs of depression for the high vs. low categories of consumption were 0.73 (95% CI 0.59-0.90) and 0.71 (95% CI 0.55-0.91), respectively. For soft drinks, however, the pooled RR for the high vs. low category of consumption was 1.36 (95% CI 1.24-1.50). The inverse association with coffee or tea consumption and the positive association with soft drink consumption for risk of depression did not vary by gender, country, high consumption category, and adjustment factors such as alcohol, smoking and physical activity.
conclusionsOur findings suggest that high consumption of coffee and tea may reduce the risk of depression, while high consumption of soft drinks may increase the risk of depression. Further well-designed large prospective studies are needed to provide definitive evidence to address the effects of various types of beverages on risk of depression.
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