Not exact matches
A
prospective study with repeat measures
of food intake and mental health provides the opportunity to examine the bidirectional nature
of the association, and to contribute novel evidence on the
effect of sugar dense diet on depression in the general population.
The present long - term
prospective study is the first to investigate the association
of sugar consumption from sweet food / beverages with prevalent, incident and recurrent mood disorders, while also examining the
effect these disorders might have on subsequent habitual
sugar intake.
To examine the
prospective association
of sugar intake from sweet food and beverages, a random
effects logistic regression model (REM) was performed using the STATA command xtlogit 48, with exposures at phases 3, 5, 7 and 9 for GHQ caseness, and at phases 7 and 9 for CES - D caseness.
The aim
of this study is to investigate whether
sugar intake from sweet food / beverages is positively associated with the risk
of both incident and recurrent mood disorders, and to establish the role
of the reverse
effect in the Whitehall II cohort, using
prospective, repeat measures data collected over a 22 year period.