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Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Depressive Symptoms in a Mediterranean Cohort
Godos J, Bonaccio M, Al-Qahtani WH, Marx W, Lane MM, Leggio GM, Grosso G
Nutrients · 30 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Cross-sectional study (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
- Intake measured by
- Food frequency questionnaire
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Industry funded
- Nonprofit
- PA Research Foundation
- University or hospital
- La Trobe University
- University or hospital
- Deakin University
- University or hospital
- University of Queensland
- Nonprofit
- Nutrition Society of Australia
- Nonprofit
- Cancer Council Queensland
- Company
- Bega Dairy and Drinks Pty Ltd
- Government
- co-financing of the European Union—FSE-REACT-EU, PON Research and Innovation 2014–2020 DM1062/2021
- Government
- NHMRC Investigator Grant
- Nonprofit
- Princess Alexandra Research Foundation
- Nonprofit
- The Cancer Council Queensland
- Nonprofit
- Nutrition Research Australia and ParachuteBH
- Company
- Cobram Estate Pty. Ltd.
- Government
- Distinguished Scientist Fellowship Program
- Authors
- At least one author declares a financial tie to industry
- Grants
- PA Research Foundation (E65F21002560001); La Trobe University (E65F21002560001); University of Queensland (E65F21002560001); La Trobe University (#2008971); PA Research Foundation (#2008971); Deakin University (E65F21002560001); Cancer Council Queensland (#2008971); Nutrition Society of Australia (E65F21002560001); Nutrition Society of Australia (#2008971); University of Queensland (#2008971); Deakin University (#2008971); Cancer Council Queensland (E65F21002560001)
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Publication
- Published
- 2023-01-18 · Nutrients · vol. 15 · issue 3 · p. 504
- Publisher
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
- Cited
- 43 citations · more than 99% of similar papers · 10.0× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 60 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling · Nutritional Studies and Diet · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Keywords
- Mediterranean diet, Medicine, Odds ratio, Confounding, Confidence interval, Epidemiology, Quartile, Environmental health, Depression (economics), Demography, Odds, Cohort, Cohort study, Logistic regression, Gerontology, Internal medicine
- MeSH
- humans, diet, cross-sectional studies, depression, diet, mediterranean, food handling, adolescent, adult, young adult, fast foods, food, processed
7 authors
From IT, SA, AU
- Justyna GodosUniversity of Catania
- Marialaura BonaccioIstituto Neurologico Mediterraneo
- Wahidah H. Al-QahtaniKing Saud University
- Wolfgang MarxDeakin University
- Melissa M. LaneDeakin University
- Gian Marco LeggioUniversity of Catania
Abstract
Excess consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) is currently under investigation for its potentially detrimental impact on human health. Current evidence demonstrates a substantial association with an increased risk of metabolic disorders, but data on mental health outcomes are just emerging. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the consumption of UPFs and depressive symptoms in a sample of younger Italian adults. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 596 individuals (age 18-35 y) recruited in southern Italy. Food frequency questionnaires and the NOVA classification were used to assess dietary factors; the Center for the Epidemiological Studies of Depression Short Form (CES-D-10) was used to assess presence of depressive symptoms. Individuals in the highest quartile of UPF consumption had higher odds of having depressive symptoms in the energy-adjusted model (odds ratio (OR) = 1.89, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.06, 3.28); the association remained significant after adjusting for potential confounding factors (OR = 2.04, 95% CI: 1.04, 4.01) and became even stronger after further adjustment for adherence to the Mediterranean diet as a proxy of diet quality (OR = 2.70, 95% CI: 1.32, 5.51). In conclusion, a positive association between UPF consumption and likelihood of having depressive symptoms was found in younger Italian individuals. Given the consistency of the findings after adjustment for diet quality, further studies are needed to understand whether non-nutritional factors may play a role in human neurobiology.
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