Association of Fast-Food Intake with Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms among Young Adults: A Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT: Background: High intake of fast food has been linked to increased risks of both depressive and anxiety disorders. However, associations between individual fast-food items and depressive/anxiety disorders are rarely examined. Method: Using cross-sectional survey the association between common fast-food items and depressive/anxiety symptoms among 142 young Hong Kong adults aged 18-27 years old was examined. A qualitative food frequency questionnaire was employed to measure the intake frequency of 22 common fast-food items found in Hong Kong. Occurrence of significant depressive and anxiety symptoms was measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), respectively. Primary measures were multivariate-adjusted odds ratios for occur

SUBMITTER: Tang WK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11478624 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature