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Dietary intake of carotenoids and fiber is inversely associated with aggression score in adolescent girls
The aim of this 2019 study was to investigate the relationship between dietary consumption and aggressive behavior in Iranian adolescent girls. The sample included 670 girls aged 12-18 years, who were administered with a food frequency questionnaire (to assess dietary intake) and a validated Persian version of the Buss-Perry questionnaire (to log their aggression scores). Khayyatzadeh et al. discovered that the girls with the highest aggression scores (fourth quartile) consumed significantly more energy than the girls who scored lowest in aggression (first quarter). Higher dietary intakes of soluble and insoluble fibers were observed in the girls belonging to the lowest aggression quartile, compared with those girls in the highest aggression quartile. Moreover, there was further evidence demonstrating negative correlations (statistically significant) between aggression scores with soluble and insoluble fibers. Lower aggression scores were also associated with higher consumption of dietary α-carotene and β-carotene. These results indicated that dietary intakes of fiber, α-carotene, and β-carotene were inversely connected with aggression score in Iranian adolescent girls. While greater aggression scores were also related with higher energy consumption. [NPID: violence, Iran, adolescence, fiber, α-carotene, β-carotene]
Year: 2019
