Depression, diet and exercise Jacka, Felice N. and Berk, Michael 2012, Depression, diet and exercise, Medical journal of Australia, vol. Open 1, no. Supplement 4, pp. 21-23, doi: 10.5694/mjao12.10508. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Depression, diet and exercise Author(s) Jacka, Felice N. orcid.org/0000-0002-9825-0328 Berk, Michael orcid.org/0000-0002-5554-6946 Journal name Medical journal of Australia Volume number Open 1 Issue number Supplement 4 Start page 21 End page 23 Total pages 3 Publisher Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty Ltd Place of publication Strawberry Hills, N.S.W. Publication date 2012 ISSN 0025-729X Keyword(s) depression diet exercise Summary Unhealthy lifestyle behaviour is driving an increase in the burden of chronic non-communicable diseases worldwide. Recent evidence suggests that poor diet and a lack of exercise contribute to the genesis and course of depression. While studies examining dietary improvement as a treatment strategy in depression are lacking, epidemiological evidence clearly points to diet quality being of importance to the risk of depression. Exercise has been shown to be an effective treatment strategy for depression, but this is not reflected in treatment guidelines, and increased physical activity is not routinely encouraged when managing depression in clinical practice. Recommendations regarding dietary improvement, increases in physical activity and smoking cessation should be routinely given to patients with depression. Specialised and detailed advice may not be necessary. Recommendations should focus on following national guidelines for healthy eating and physical activity. Language eng DOI 10.5694/mjao12.10508 Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology Socio Economic Objective 920410 Mental Health HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2012, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty Ltd Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30049028 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Medicine Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 23 Oct 2012, 14:53:57 EST Mon, 29 Oct 2012, 08:59:33 EST Mon, 29 Oct 2012, 09:29:08 EST Mon, 29 Oct 2012, 10:01:09 EST Mon, 29 Oct 2012, 10:02:36 EST Thu, 11 Dec 2014, 18:28:09 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 18 times in TR Web of Science Cited 22 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 2004 Abstract Views, 5 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 23 Oct 2012, 14:53:56 EST by Jane Moschetti

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