Customization of diet may promote exercise and improve mental wellbeing in mature adults: The role of exercise as a mediator

Begdache & Patrissy (2021) discuss how the relationship between the modifiable risk factors of mental distress (diet, dietary practices, and exercise) may be so intricate that individual factors also influence mental health differently when combined with a pattern. In addition, gender and maturity level contribute towards a person’s psychological health. This study therefore split the participants by age and gender and analyzed the combined and individual relationships between food groups, dietary practices and exercise to better understand their links with mental distress. Adults of 30 years and over were asked to complete the food-mood questionnaire that was distributed around several social media platforms. The results suggested that mental health was more strongly associated with dietary factors in women than in men. Furthermore, mental distress and exercise frequency were related to various lifestyle and dietary patterns, supporting the concept that modifying lifestyle and dietary factors can enhance mental wellbeing. [NPID: stress, mental distress, diet, exercise, gender, maturity level, social media, well-being]

Year: 2021

Reference: Begdache, L., & Patrissy, C. M. (2021). Customization of Diet May Promote Exercise and Improve Mental Wellbeing in Mature Adults: The Role of Exercise as a Mediator. Journal of personalized medicine, 11(5), 435. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm11050435

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