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Consumption of Ultraprocessed Food and Risk of Depression
Boarding the ultra-processed food train may take an individual on the path that leads to depression.
This study seeks to unravel the ultra-processed food consumption-depression puzzle. Out of the over 60,000 females who volunteered dietary information, a total of 4,840 had depression during the course of the study.
Researchers noted that a large proportion of cases of depression was diagnosed among ardent consumers of ultra-processed foods. The findings of this study revealed that likeness for ultra-processed foods may favor the onset of depression.
Research Summary Information
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2023
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Chatpol Samuthpongtorn, Long H Nguyen, Olivia I Okereke, Dong D Wang, Mingyang Song, Andrew T Chan, Raaj S Mehta
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Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston. Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston. Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston. Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts. Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
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