The association between dietary patterns and mental health in early adolescence
Autor: | Gina L. Ambrosini, Monique Robinson, Nicholas de Klerk, Therese A. O'Sullivan, Sven R. Silburn, Stephen R. Zubrick, Wendy H. Oddy, Fiona J. Stanley, Lawrence J. Beilin |
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Rok vydání: | 2009 |
Předmět: |
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Mental Status Schedule Adolescent Epidemiology Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena CBCL Body Mass Index Food group medicine Humans Prospective Studies Life Style Pregnancy business.industry Confounding Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Feeding Behavior Western Australia medicine.disease Mental health Diet Mental Health Nutrition Assessment Adolescent Behavior Red meat Female business Body mass index Demography |
Zdroj: | Preventive Medicine. 49:39-44 |
ISSN: | 0091-7435 |
Popis: | article i nfo Available online 23 May 2009 Objective. To investigate the associations between dietary patterns and mental health in early adolescence. Method.TheWesternAustralianPregnancyCohort(Raine)Studyisaprospectivestudyof2900pregnancies recruited from 1989-1992. At 14 years of age (2003-2006; n=1324), the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL) was used to assess behaviour (characterising mental health status), with higher scores representing poorer behaviour. Two dietary patterns (Western and Healthy) were identified using factor analysis and food group intakes estimated by a 212-item food frequency questionnaire. Relationships between dietary patterns, food groupintakesandbehaviour wereexaminedusinggenerallinear modellingfollowingadjustmentforpotential confounding factors at age 14: total energy intake, body mass index, physical activity, screen use, family structure, income and functioning, gender and maternal education at pregnancy. Results. Higher total (b=2.20, 95% CI=1.06, 3.35), internalizing (withdrawn/depressed) (b=1.25, 95% CI=0.15, 2.35) and externalizing (delinquent/aggressive) (b=2.60, 95% CI=1.51, 3.68) CBCL scores were significantly associated with the Western dietary pattern, with increased intakes of takeaway foods, confectionary and red meat. Improved behavioural scores were significantly associated with higher intakes of leafy green vegetables and fresh fruit (components of the Healthy pattern). Conclusion. These findings implicate a Western dietary pattern in poorer behavioural outcomes for adolescents. Better behavioural outcomes were associated with a higher intake of fresh fruit and leafy green vegetables. |
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