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Association of western and traditional diets with depression and anxiety in women

Jacka, Felice N., Pasco, Julie A., Mykletun, Arnstein, Williams, Lana J., Hodge, Allison M., O'Reilly, Sharleen Linette, Nicholson, Geoffrey C, Katowice, Mark A. and Berk, Michael 2010, Association of western and traditional diets with depression and anxiety in women, American journal of psychiatry, vol. 167, no. 3, pp. 305-311.

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Title Association of western and traditional diets with depression and anxiety in women
Author(s) Jacka, Felice N.
Pasco, Julie A.
Mykletun, Arnstein
Williams, Lana J.
Hodge, Allison M.
O'Reilly, Sharleen Linette
Nicholson, Geoffrey C
Katowice, Mark A.
Berk, Michael
Journal name American journal of psychiatry
Volume number 167
Issue number 3
Start page 305
End page 311
Publisher American Psychiatric Publishing
Place of publication Arlington, Va.
Publication date 2010-03
ISSN 0002-953X
1535-7228
1139-3475
Summary Objective: Key biological factors that influence the development of depression are modified by diet. This study examined the extent to which the high-prevalence mental disorders are related to habitual diet in 1,046 women ages 20–93 years randomly selected from the population.

Method: A diet quality score was derived from answers to a food frequency questionnaire, and a factor analysis identified habitual dietary patterns. The 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) was used to measure psychological symptoms, and a structured clinical interview was used to assess current depressive and anxiety disorders.

Results: After adjustments for age, socioeconomic status, education, and health behaviors, a "traditional" dietary pattern characterized by vegetables, fruit, meat, fish, and whole grains was associated with lower odds for major depression or dysthymia and for anxiety disorders. A "western" diet of processed or fried foods, refined grains, sugary products, and beer was associated with a higher GHQ-12 score. There was also an inverse association between diet quality score and GHQ-12 score that was not confounded by age, socioeconomic status, education, or other health behaviors.

Conclusions: These results demonstrate an association between habitual diet quality and the high-prevalence mental disorders, although reverse causality and confounding cannot be ruled out as explanations. Further prospective studies are warranted.
Notes The official published article is available online at : http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09060881
Language eng
Field of Research 111103 Nutritional Physiology
Socio Economic Objective 920410 Mental Health
HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Related work DU:30042980
Copyright notice ©2010, American Psychiatric Publishing
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30029149

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