Changes in Anxiety and Depression Traits Induced by Energy Restriction: Predictive Value of the Baseline Status.

ABSTRACT: Current evidence proposes diet quality as a modifiable risk factor for mental or emotional impairments. However, additional studies are required to investigate the effect of dietary patterns and weight loss on improving psychological symptoms. The aim of this investigation was to evaluate the effect of energy-restriction, prescribed to overweight and obese participants, on anxiety and depression symptoms, as well as the potential predictive value of some baseline psychological features on weight loss. Overweight and obese participants (n = 305) were randomly assigned for 16 weeks to two hypocaloric diets with different macronutrient distribution: a moderately high-protein (MHP) diet and a low-fat (LF) diet. Anthropometrical, clinical, psychological, and lifestyle characteristics were asses

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez-Lozada C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6627283 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature