Stress and adolescent hippocampal neurogenesis: diet and exercise as cognitive modulator

This 2019 study aimed to identify the relationship between physical activity (determined by PAQ-A), adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD; assessed using KIDMED), and academic stress (measured using the Scale of Academic Stress) among a sample of 515 university students. Chacón-Cuberos et al. (2019) discovered that women experienced greater levels of academic stress, especially with […]

Since the studies linking perceived stress with dietary choices included mostly white, female samples, this 2016 study recruited a diverse population of both male and female college freshmen (n=613) and conducted an online survey evaluating ability to manage stress, perceived stress, and their consumption of various food types in the past week. The purpose was […]