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- Title
Relationship Between Diet and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.
- Authors
O’Neil, Adrienne; Quirk, Shae E.; Housden, Siobhan; Brennan, Sharon L.; Williams, Lana J.; Pasco, Julie A.; Berk, Michael; Jacka, Felice N.
- Abstract
We systematically reviewed 12 epidemiological studies to determine whether an association exists between diet quality and patterns and mental health in children and adolescents; 9 explored the relationship using diet as the exposure, and 3 used mental health as the exposure. We found evidence of a significant, cross-sectional relationship between unhealthy dietary patterns and poorer mental health in children and adolescents. We observed a consistent trend for the relationship between good quality diet and better mental health and some evidence for the reverse. When including only the 7 studies deemed to be of high methodological quality, all but 1 of these trends remained. Findings highlight the potential importance of the relationship between dietary patterns or quality and mental health early in the life span.
- Subjects
CINAHL database; CONFIDENCE intervals; MENTAL depression; DIET; PSYCHOLOGY information storage &; retrieval systems; MEDLINE; MENTAL health; ONLINE information services; SYSTEMATIC reviews; MEDICAL coding; ODDS ratio
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2014, Vol 104, Issue 10, pe31
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2014.302110