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ArticleEuropean journal of nutrition2026

Exposure to Global Burden of Disease dietary factors and risk of recurrent depressive symptoms: the prospective Whitehall II cohort study.

Tasnime Akbaraly, Joanna Norton, Thibault Mura, Isabelle Jaussent, Camille Lassale, Felice N Jacka, Adrienne O'Neil, Mika Kivimaki, Deborah N Ashtree

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Tasnime AkbaralyDesbrest Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health (IDESP), University of Montpellier, Inserm, Montpellier, France. tasnime.akbaraly@inserm.fr.
Joanna NortonInstitute for Neurosciences of Montpellier (INM), University of Montpellier, Inserm, Montpellier, France.
Thibault MuraInstitute for Neurosciences of Montpellier (INM), University of Montpellier, Inserm, Montpellier, France.
Isabelle JaussentInstitute for Neurosciences of Montpellier (INM), University of Montpellier, Inserm, Montpellier, France.
Camille LassaleISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain.
Felice N JackaThe Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation, Food and Mood Centre, School of Medicine, Barwon Health (IMPACT), Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Adrienne O'NeilThe Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation, Food and Mood Centre, School of Medicine, Barwon Health (IMPACT), Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Mika KivimakiBrain Sciences, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
Deborah N AshtreeThe Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation, Food and Mood Centre, School of Medicine, Barwon Health (IMPACT), Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

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Education, socioeconomic status and Aging: transitions from multimorbidity to functional limitations and mortalityR01AG056477 · NIA · UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON · PI KIVIMAKI, MIKA J, SINGH-MANOUX, ARCHANA · 2018 to 2022
$2.8M
National Health and Medical Research Council 1194982National Health and Medical Research Council 2009295National Health and Medical Research Council Fellowship 2009295NIA NIH HHS R01AG056477Research Council of Finland 350426the Medical Research Council, UK MR/Y014154Wellcome Trust 221854/Z/20/Z
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purposeDespite growing evidence related diet quality to depression, the extent to which the dietary risk factors proposed by the Global Burden of Diseases (GBD) are associated with depression at international level remains unknow. To address this gap, a harmonised protocol has been developed by the Global Burden of Disease Lifestyle And mental Disorder (GLAD) project and we aimed to contribute to the GLAD project by assessing associations between the 15 Global Burden of Diseases (GBD) dietary risk factors, and ultra processed foods (UPF) intakes-and recurrence of depressive symptoms (DepS) over 13 years of follow-up in the British Whitehall II study.

methodsAnalyses carried out on 4099 participants with no prior history of DepS (73.6% men, mean age = 61.2; SD = 5.9 years) and available assessment of dietary exposures derived from Food-Frequency questionnaire in 2002/04. Recurrent DepS was defined as having DepS in at least two of the four repeated measurements between 2002-2004 and 2015-2016, with DepS assessed using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (score ≥ 16) or use of antidepressants.

resultsAfter adjusting for sex, age and socio-economic status, results of logistic regression showed that each increase of 1 standard deviation of fruit consumption (228 g) and fibre intake (7.4 g) was associated with 17% and 15% lower odds of recurrent DepS respectively (OR

conclusionOf the 16-GBD dietary factors, only fruit and fiber showed consistent associations with lower odds of recurrent depressive symptoms in the Whitehall II study.

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DepressionDietGlobal Burden of DiseaseAgedCohort StudiesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesRecurrenceRisk FactorsUnited KingdomDepressive symptomsDietary exposuresGlobal Burden of DiseasesNutritional psychiatryProspective study

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