Fruit and vegetables intake in adolescents and mental health: a systematic review
Background. The proper nutrition is indicated as a factor of a potential importance for the mental health early in life span, and among the potential products, which may influence, there are fruit and vegetables. Objective. The aim of the study was to conduct a systematic review of the observationa...
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| description | Background. The proper nutrition is indicated as a factor of a potential importance for the mental health early in life span, and among the potential products, which may influence, there are fruit and vegetables.
Objective. The aim of the study was to conduct a systematic review of the observational studies analyzing the association between the fruit and vegetables intake and the mental health in adolescents.
Material and methods. On the basis of PubMed and Web of Science databases, the papers presenting human studies and published in English until June 2019, analyzing the association between intake of fruit and/ or vegetables, as well as related products (e.g. juices) and the mental health were included to the systematic review, while they analyzed a group of adolescents.
Results. Based on the conducted systematic review, 17 studies were indicated as those which assess the influence of fruit and vegetables intake on the mental health in adolescents. For the assessment of mental health, diverse variables were taken into account, including positive (happiness, self-esteem), neutral (health-related quality of life, mental health status), and negative ones (loneliness, general difficulties, feeling worried, anxiety, stress and distress, depressive symptoms, depression, suicidal behaviors).
Conclusions. Based on the conducted systematic review of observational studies, it may be indicated that in a groups of adolescents there was a positive association between intake of fruit and vegetable products and mental health. Especially beneficial for general mental health in adolescents, were such products as green vegetables, yellow vegetables and fresh fruit. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c0896adc66d04c4fa52d56145c4c0da72022-12-21T19:20:47ZengNational Institute of Public Health - National Institute of HygieneRoczniki Panstwowego Zakladu Higieny0035-77152451-23112020-03-01711152510.32394/rpzh.2019.0097Fruit and vegetables intake in adolescents and mental health: a systematic reviewDominika Głąbska0Dominika Guzek1Barbara Groele2Krystyna Gutkowska3Department of Food Market and Consumer Research, Institute of Human Nutrition, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Dietetics, Institute of Human Nutrition, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Food Market and Consumer Research, Institute of Human Nutrition, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Dietetics, Institute of Human Nutrition, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Warsaw, PolandBackground. The proper nutrition is indicated as a factor of a potential importance for the mental health early in life span, and among the potential products, which may influence, there are fruit and vegetables. Objective. The aim of the study was to conduct a systematic review of the observational studies analyzing the association between the fruit and vegetables intake and the mental health in adolescents. Material and methods. On the basis of PubMed and Web of Science databases, the papers presenting human studies and published in English until June 2019, analyzing the association between intake of fruit and/ or vegetables, as well as related products (e.g. juices) and the mental health were included to the systematic review, while they analyzed a group of adolescents. Results. Based on the conducted systematic review, 17 studies were indicated as those which assess the influence of fruit and vegetables intake on the mental health in adolescents. For the assessment of mental health, diverse variables were taken into account, including positive (happiness, self-esteem), neutral (health-related quality of life, mental health status), and negative ones (loneliness, general difficulties, feeling worried, anxiety, stress and distress, depressive symptoms, depression, suicidal behaviors). Conclusions. Based on the conducted systematic review of observational studies, it may be indicated that in a groups of adolescents there was a positive association between intake of fruit and vegetable products and mental health. Especially beneficial for general mental health in adolescents, were such products as green vegetables, yellow vegetables and fresh fruit.http://wydawnictwa.pzh.gov.pl/roczniki_pzh/pobierz-artykul?id=1316fruitvegetablesjuicesmental healthadolescentsdiet |
| spellingShingle | Dominika Głąbska Dominika Guzek Barbara Groele Krystyna Gutkowska Fruit and vegetables intake in adolescents and mental health: a systematic review Roczniki Panstwowego Zakladu Higieny fruit vegetables juices mental health adolescents diet |
| title | Fruit and vegetables intake in adolescents and mental health: a systematic review |
| title_full | Fruit and vegetables intake in adolescents and mental health: a systematic review |
| title_fullStr | Fruit and vegetables intake in adolescents and mental health: a systematic review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fruit and vegetables intake in adolescents and mental health: a systematic review |
| title_short | Fruit and vegetables intake in adolescents and mental health: a systematic review |
| title_sort | fruit and vegetables intake in adolescents and mental health a systematic review |
| topic | fruit vegetables juices mental health adolescents diet |
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