Diet and depression: Exploring the biological mechanisms of action

Anxiety and depression are common incapacitating disorders in teenagers. This cross-sectional study by Jiménez-López et al. (2024) looked at the connection between teenage depression, stress, and anxiety symptoms and following the Mediterranean diet (MD). Participants (n = 698, 13.9 ± 1.5 years of age, 56.2% girls) submitted the Mediterranean Diet Quality Index (KIDMED) to measure […]

Despite anxiety being the most prevalent of mental disorders, the majority of evidence on the role of nutrition in the onset and course of mental disorders fails to take anxiety into account. Aucion M. et al (2021) conducted this scoping review to identify existing literature on anxiety disorders and nutrition to help elucidate associations between […]