FAB: Diet and Depression

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Diet and Depression - Research

Peng S et al 2023 - Does obesity related eating behaviours only affect chronic diseases? A nationwide study of university students in China
Vejrup K et al 2023 - Diet in Early Life Is Related to Child Mental Health and Personality at 8 Years: Findings from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa)
Medawar E et al 2023 - Effects of single plant-based vs. animal-based meals on satiety and mood in real-world smartphone-embedded studies
Sampige R et al 2023 - Mental health matters: Parent mental health and children's emotional eating
et al 2022 - Sarris J Clinician guidelines for the treatment of psychiatric disorders with nutraceuticals and phytoceuticals
Berding K et al 2022 - Feed your microbes to deal with stress: a psychobiotic diet impacts microbial stability and perceived stress in a healthy adult population
Young (2022) - Adherence to the EAT-Lancet Diet: Unintended Consequences for the Brain?
Francis H et al 2022 - Kynurenic acid as a biochemical factor underlying the association between Western-style diet and depression: A cross-sectional study
Marx W et al 2022 - Clinical guidelines for the use of lifestyle-based mental health care in major depressive disorder: World Federation of Societies for Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) and Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ASLM) taskforce
Hecht E et al 2022 - Cross-sectional examination of ultra-processed food consumption and adverse mental health symptoms
Hadjihambi A et al 2022 - Partial MCT1 invalidation protects against diet-induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and the associated brain dysfunction
Contreras-Rodriguez et al 2022 - Dissecting ultra-processed foods and drinks: Do they have a potential to impact the brain?
Ortega MA et al 2022 - Biological Role of Nutrients, Food and Dietary Patterns in the Prevention and Clinical Management of Major Depressive Disorder
Witek K et al 2025 - A High-Sugar Diet Consumption, Metabolism and Health Impacts with a Focus on the Development of Substance Use Disorder: A Narrative Review
Sarris J et al 2022 - Clinician guidelines for the treatment of psychiatric disorders with nutraceuticals and phytoceuticals: The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) and Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) Taskforce
Johnstone J et al 2022 - Micronutrients for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Youths: A Placebo-Controlled Randomized Clinical Trial
Bayes J et al 2022 - The effect of a Mediterranean diet on the symptoms of depression in young males (the "AMMEND: A Mediterranean Diet in MEN with Depression" study): a randomized controlled trial
O’Neill S et al 2022 - Depression, Is It Treatable in Adults Utilising Dietary Interventions? A Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials
HÃ¤usl A et al 2022 - Mediobasal hypothalamic FKBP51 acts as a molecular switch linking autophagy to whole-body metabolism
Lee M et al 2021 - Plant-based dietary quality and depressive symptoms in Australian vegans and vegetarians: a cross-sectional study
Hirai S et al 2021 - High-sucrose diets contribute to brain angiopathy with impaired glucose uptake and psychosis-related higher brain dysfunctions in mice
Bradfield J et al 2021 - From observation to intervention: time to put â€˜food and mood’ to the test
Ocklenburg S et al 2021 - Vegetarian diet and depression scores: A meta-analysis
Marrs & Lonsdale 2021 - Hiding in Plain Sight: Modern Thiamine Deficiency
Hayhoe et al 2021 - Cross-sectional associations of schoolchildren’s fruit and vegetable consumption, and meal choices, with their mental well-being
Iguacel et al 2021 - Vegetarianism and veganism compared with mental health and cognitive outcomes
Xu Y et al 2021 - Role of dietary factors in the prevention and treatment for depression: an umbrella review of meta-analyses of prospective studies
Lycett K et al 2021 - Does an inflammatory diet affect mental well-being in late childhood and mid-life? A cross-sectional study
Gschwandtner A et al 2021 - Lifestyle and Life Satisfaction: The Role of Delayed Gratification
Bozzatello P et al 2021 - Mental Health in Childhood and Adolescence: The Role of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids
Saunders E et al 2021 - Adjunctive dietary intervention for bipolar disorder: a randomized, controlled, parallel-group, modified double-blinded trial of a high n-3 plus low n-6 diet
Mongan D et al 2021 - Plasma polyunsaturated fatty acids and mental disorders in adolescence and early adulthood: cross-sectional and longitudinal associations in a general population cohort
Maitre L et al 2021 - Early-life environmental exposure determinants of child behavior in Europe: A longitudinal, population-based study
Radavelli-Bagatini S et al 2021 - Fruit and vegetable intake is inversely associated with perceived stress across the adult lifespan
Fazelian S et al 2021 - Adherence to the vegetarian diet may increase the risk of depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
MÃ¶rkl S et al 2021 - 'An Apple a Day'?: Psychiatrists, Psychologists and Psychotherapists Report Poor Literacy for Nutritional Medicine: International Survey Spanning 52 Countries
Rucklidge J et al 2021 - Nutrition Provides the Essential Foundation for Optimizing Mental Health
Huang J et al 2021 - Gastrointestinal Symptoms During Depressive Episodes in 3256 Patients with Major Depressive Disorders
Bellino S et al 2021 - Efficacy of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) on Impulsive Behaviours and Aggressiveness in Psychiatric Disorders
Aly J et 2020 - The Way to a Human's Brain Goes Through Their Stomach: Dietary Factors in Major Depressive Disorder
Firth J et al 2020 - A meta-review of "lifestyle psychiatry": the role of exercise, smoking, diet and sleep in the prevention and treatment of mental disorders
Firth J et al 2020 - Food and mood: how do diet and nutrition affect mental wellbeing?
Molsberry S et al 2020 - Diet pattern and prodromal features of Parkinson's disease
Teasdale S B et al 2020 - Dietary intake, food addiction and nutrition knowledge in young people with mental illness
Zhang et al 2020 - The efficacy and safety of omega-3 fatty acids on depressive symptoms in perinatal women: a meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials
Doom J et al 2020 - Adolescent internalizing, externalizing, and social problems following iron deficiency at 12–18 months: The role of maternal responsiveness
Kouvari et al 2020 - Meat consumption, depressive symptoms and cardiovascular disease in apparently healthy men and women
Clark et al. 2020 - A future for the world's children? A WHO–UNICEF–Lancet Commission
Johnson 2019 - Gut microbiome composition and diversity are related to human personality traits
Adan et al 2019 - Nutritional psychiatry: Towards improving mental health by what you eat

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