ArticleNutrients2022
Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet Is Associated with Lower Depressive Symptoms among U.S. Adults.
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- The Certainty of the Evidence on Plant- vs Meat-Predominant Dietary Patterns and Depression: An Umbrella Review.Nutrition reviews · 2026Pooled it
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- Dietary inflammatory index and brain disorders: a Large Prospective Cohort study.Translational psychiatry · 2025Article
- Association of Children's Dietary Inflammatory Index with Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Adolescents: Mediating Role of Inflammation and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors.Alpha psychiatry · 2025Article
- Adherence to the Mediterranean diet is associated with lower cancer-related fatigue: a cross-sectional analysis from NHANES 2017-2020.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Association of vitamin D with depression prevalence in U.S. adults: a cross-sectional analysis from NHANES 2021 to 2023.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
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- Association of dietary saturated fatty acid intake with depression: mediating effects of the dietary inflammation index.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Mediterranean Diet Adherence and Depressive Symptoms among a Nationally Representative Sample of Pregnant Women in the United States.The Journal of nutrition · 2023Article
- Bibliometric mapping of the landscape and structure of nutrition and depression research: visualization analysis.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2023Article
- Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Relationship Between Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Mental Wellness.Cureus · 2023Article
- Dietary Fats and Depressive Symptoms in Italian Adults.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Anti-Inflammatory, Antioxidant, and Neuroprotective Effects of Polyphenols-Polyphenols as an Element of Diet Therapy in Depressive Disorders.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms in Chilean university students: a cross-sectional study.Cadernos de saude publica · 2023Article
- The gut-derived metabolites as mediators of the effect of healthy nutrition on the brain.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Review
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Abstract
Depression is a leading cause of disability, yet current prevention and treatment approaches have only had modest effects. It is important to better understand the role of dietary patterns on depressive symptoms, which may help prevent depression or complement current treatments. This study examined whether adherence to a Mediterranean diet (Med Diet), determined by the Alternate Med Diet score (aMED), was associated with depressive symptoms in a representative sample of U.S. adults. The aMED score (range 0-9) was calculated from a 24-h diet recall with gender-specific quartiles (Q) estimated. The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) was used to define depressive symptoms, which was dichotomized as no to mild (0-9) versus moderate to severe symptoms (10-27). Logistic regression was used to investigate the association between quartiles of aMED and depressive symptoms when controlling for sociodemographics, total calories, and the time of year of diet recall; 7.9% of the sample had moderate to severe depressive symptoms. Compared to individuals with the lowest aMED (Q1), individuals in Q3 and Q4 had 40% and 45% lower odds of moderate to severe depressive symptoms (odds ratio [OR] = 0.60, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.50, 0.74; OR = 0.55, 95% CI: 0.36, 0.84, respectively). This study provides modest support of Med Diet's role in supporting positive mental health.
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