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The relation between dietary intakes and psychological disorders in Iranian adults: A population-based study
Association between dietary intakes and psychiatric disorders
Sangsefidi et al. (2020) extracted data from 9,965 adults from the population-based cohort study — the Yazd Health Study (YaHS) conducted during 2014 to 2016 — to assess the association between dietary intakes and psychiatric disorders in Iran. Psychological and physical activity assessments were carried out using depression, anxiety, and stress scale questionnaire (DASS 21 items) while a validated researcher-made questionnaire and anthropometric measurements were used to collect information on socio-demographic characteristics, tobacco use, history of chronic disease, and diet. The results included a positive association between fish consumption and depression (OR=1.54), and inverse associations between vegetable intake with anxiety (OR=0.74) and stress (OR=0.59). Moreover eggs, fruits, milk and yoghurt were found to exhibit protective effects against depression and anxiety, while a drop in incidence of stress was linked to fruit and milk intake. Additional studies are required to support these associations, which could be used in future health promotion programs. [NPID: dietary intake, Iran , psychiatric disorders, physical activity, depression, anxiety, stress, chronic disease, eggs, fruit, milk, yogurt, yoghurt, health promotion programs, health programs, health promotion]
Year: 2020
