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Consolidating Evidence in the Nutrition-Psychology Connection

The Center for Nutritional Psychology is consolidating research informing the emerging field of Nutritional Psychology (NP). Our research libraries are designed to support you in building your knowledge of the diet-mental health relationship (DMHR). We know that not everyone has the time, energy, background (or interest) to search databases and read publications spanning numerous fields for information on the DMHR, so we are providing this service for you. To access the entire keyword-searchable database and study summaries informing nutritional psychology (designed to support academic and professional learning), become a CNP Library Member. To learn more, visit our library membership page.

  • The library is designed to make it easier for clinicians, educators, students, and advocates to locate, understand, and use scientific findings about how diet affects psychological processes, well-being, and mental health.
  • It covers multidisciplinary evidence, with research spanning child, adolescent, and adult mental health, and features categories on topics such as intermittent fasting and the mind, chrono-nutrition, and links between dietary patterns and depression/anxiety.
  • The Center for Nutritional Psychology uses the research library to drive the development of nutritional psychology and advocate for its integration into future mental healthcare models

Five Research Libraries with over 3,000 Research Studies

The Center for Nutritional Psychology is consolidating research informing the emerging field of Nutritional Psychology (NP). Our research libraries are designed to support you in building your knowledge of the diet-mental health relationship (DMHR). We know that not everyone has the time, energy, background (or interest) to search databases and read publications spanning numerous fields for information on the DMHR, so we are providing this service for you.

Topics Studied in Nutritional Psychology

Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis and DMHR (182), Diet, Depression, and Anxiety (173), Diet, Aging and Neurodegeneration (120), Diet and Cognition (119), Diet, Chronic Pain and Disability (107), Diet and Behavior (101), Diet and Sensory-Perception (99), Food Addiction and Mental Health (81), Sugar, Ultra-Processed Foods & Mental Health (79), Diet and Brain (72), Micronutrients and Mental Health (66), Diet, Sleep, and Fatigue (64), Conceptual Developments in Nutritional Psychology (62), Probiotics, Prebiotics and Mental Health (61), Diet and Stress (59), Diet and Psychiatric Disorders (58), Herbs and Mental Health (57), Food Insecurity and Mental Health (56), Diet and Psychosocial (50), Diet, Depression, and Anxiety (48)

RESEARCH LIBRARIES

ADULT AND AGING POPULATION

NEURODEVELOPMENTAL

Have a study that belongs in the NPRL? Contribute by submitting a link to the study. The CNP team will review it for possible inclusion in the Nutritional Psychology Research Library (NPRL).

If included, we’ll categorize it into its proper research category, summarize it abstract, and let you know about it!

Resource Submission Form