Jeffery Robert W, Linde Jennifer A, Simon Gregory E, Ludman Evette J, Rohde Paul, Ichikawa Laura E, Finch Emily A
University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, 1300 S Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454-1015, USA.
Appetite. 2009 Feb;52(1):238-40. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2008.08.008. Epub 2008 Aug 28.
This paper examines the relationships among reports of depressive symptoms, BMI and frequency of consumption of 30 foods in 4655 middle-aged women. Food was grouped into three categories: high-calorie sweet, high-calorie nonsweet, and low-calorie. Controlling for total energy intake, BMI and depressive symptoms were both inversely associated with a higher frequency of consumption of low-calorie foods. BMI was positively associated with consumption of high-calorie nonsweet foods and negatively related to consumption of high-calorie sweet foods. Depressive symptoms were positively associated with sweet foods consumption and negatively associated with nonsweet foods consumption. These findings suggest that the positive association between BMI and depression in women may be mediated by sweets consumption. This is consistent with the hypothesis that eating sweet foods reduces negative affect.
本文研究了4655名中年女性的抑郁症状报告、体重指数（BMI）与30种食物的食用频率之间的关系。食物被分为三类：高热量甜食、高热量非甜食和低热量食物。在控制总能量摄入的情况下，BMI和抑郁症状均与低热量食物的较高食用频率呈负相关。BMI与高热量非甜食的消费呈正相关，与高热量甜食的消费呈负相关。抑郁症状与甜食消费呈正相关，与非甜食消费呈负相关。这些发现表明，女性BMI与抑郁症之间的正相关可能由甜食消费介导。这与食用甜食可减少负面影响的假设一致。
