Diet quality and depressive symptoms in adolescence: no cross-sectional or prospective associations following adjustment for covariates.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Adolescence is a critical period for development of depression and understanding of behavioural risk factors is needed to support appropriate preventive strategies. We examined associations between adolescent diet quality and depressive symptoms, cross-sectionally and prospectively, in a large community cohort, adjusting for behavioural and psychosocial covariates.

Design

Prospective community-based cohort study (ROOTS).

Setting

Secondary schools in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk, UK.

Subjects

Study participants (n 603) who completed 4 d diet diaries at age 14 years and reported depressive symptoms (Moods and Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ)) at 14 and 17 years of age.

Results

Diet data were processed to derive a Mediterranean diet score (MDS) and dail

SUBMITTER: Winpenny EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6137369 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature