Association between fruit/vegetable consumption and mental-health-related quality of life, major depression, and generalized anxiety disorder: A longitudinal study in Thailand

Effect of fruit and vegetable consumption on mental health-related quality of life

Pengpid and Peltzer (2019) collected data from 442 temple members with prehypertension and/or prediabetes (randomly selected from 12 Buddhist temples in Nakhon Pathom province in Thailand) to investigate the effect of fruit and vegetable consumption on mental health-related quality of life (QoL), major depressive disorder, and generalised anxiety disorders. In this longitudinal study, frequent vegetable consumption was in the fully adjusted model associated with better mental health-related quality of life (p=0.027) while frequent fruit consumption was not linked with a higher QoL. However in the unadjusted model, fruit and vegetable consumption was related to greater mental health-related QoL (p=0.033). In addition, more frequent fruit, vegetable, fruit and vegetable consumption did not significantly reduce the risk of major depressive and generalised anxiety disorder. Although there was no data linking frequent fruit and vegetable consumption with better mental health-related quality of life, regularly eating vegetables was associated with a better QoL. [NPID: prehypertension, prediabetes, diabetes, fruit, vegetables, FV intake, major depression disorder, MDD, anxiety, generalised anxiety disorder, GAD]

Year: 2019

Reference: Dharmayani, P., Juergens, M., Allman-Farinelli, M., & Mihrshahi, S. (2021). Association between Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Depression Symptoms in Young People and Adults Aged 15-45: A Systematic Review of Cohort Studies. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(2), 780. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020780