Vegetarian diets and correlation with mood disorders and alcohol use in adolescents and young adults

Postgraduate Thesis uoadl:2920637 175 Read counter

Unit:
Specialty Strategies in Development of Adolescents' Health
Library of the School of Health Sciences
Deposit date:
2020-07-27
Year:
2020
Author:
Koulouris Georgios
Supervisors info:
Ψαλτοπούλου-Δημοπούλου Θεοδώρα, Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Ιατρικής, ΕΚΠΑ, Επιβλέπουσα
Δεδούσης Γεώργιος, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Επιστήμης Διαιτολογίας - Διατροφής, Χαροκόπειο Πανεπιστήμιο
Φλώρα Μπακοπούλου, Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Ιατρικής, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Vegan περιοριστικού τύπου δίαιτες, συσχετίσεις με διαταραχές διάθεσης και κατανάλωση αλκοόλ στην εφηβεία και στη νεαρή ενήλικη ζωή: Συστηματική ανασκόπηση
Languages:
Greek
Translated title:
Vegetarian diets and correlation with mood disorders and alcohol use in adolescents and young adults
Summary:
Introduction: Correlation between restrictive diets and mental disorders has long been proposed. Undoubtefully, vegetarianism is becoming more popular among families, adolescents and young adults. Our purpose is to study alcoholism and mood disorders in relation to vegetarian diets in adolescents and young adults.
Methods: Systematic review of related articles published in PubMed, PsycInfo and Google Scholar
Results: A total of 22 studies were deemed eligible for the analysis. The majority of the studies converge to the conclusion that vegetarianism is correlated to depression but is unrelated to alcoholism. Because of the cross-sectional design of the great majority of the aforementioned studies, a causal link between depression and vegetarian status cannot be established. In addition, confounding factors such as age, cultural beliefs, economic circumstances, reasons for choosing a vegetarian diet, as well as the type of the diet itself, have not been properly addressed.
Conclusions: Health scientists treating adolescents and young adults should be aware of their dietary habits because of the possible link between vegetarianism and depression
Main subject category:
Health Sciences
Keywords:
Vegan, Vegetarian, Depression, Mood disorders, Alcohol, Adolescents, Young adults
Index:
No
Number of index pages:
0
Contains images:
Yes
Number of references:
166
Number of pages:
86
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