ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2023
"It's about What You've Assigned to the Salad": Focus Group Discussions on the Relationship between Food and Mood.
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- Ultra-processed food addiction in a nationally representative sample of older adults in the USA.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2026Article
- The distress of psychological adaptation in nutritional management among people after esophagectomy: an interpretative phenomenological study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Participant Experience in a Study of Dietary Counselling plus Omega-3 Supplementation for the Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder among Women: A Focus Group Study.Neuropsychobiology · 2026Article
- Comparing diet-related attitudes, perceptions, and behaviors of vegan and omnivorous adults: results from a cross-sectional survey study in Germany.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Perspectives on Healthy Eating of Adult Populations in High-Income Countries: A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2024Review
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- The Association between Vegan, Vegetarian, and Omnivore Diet Quality and Depressive Symptoms in Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- "Maybe it's Not Just the Food?" A Food and Mood Focus Group Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
Current observational and interventional studies in nutritional psychiatry suggest that healthy dietary patterns rich in fresh whole foods could protect against depressive symptoms, and that unhealthy dietary patterns high in ultra-processed and refined foods could contribute to depressive symptoms. However, no studies have explored detailed subjective accounts behind the food and mood relationship. This study aimed to uncover unknown factors in the human experience with food and mood. Using a phenomenological framework, this focus group study applied thematic template analysis to accounts of over 50 Australians aged between 18 and 72. Three themes were identified from the transcript of the focus groups: (i) reactive and proactive relationships with food, (ii) acknowledgement of individual diversity relating to eating and mental health, and (iii) improving mood by removing food restriction and eating intuitively. The data highlights the complexity of the relationship between food and mood that extends beyond biological mechanisms which could be used to extend current epidemiological and intervention studies in the field of dietary patterns and depression.
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