Association between the Balanced Healthy Eating Index and depression and the mediating role of extreme pessimistic thoughts: an analysis from the health and nutrition database
Both low-quality diets and extreme pessimistic thinking were significantly associated with depression risk, and the combination was particularly impactful. Future longitudinal studies are warranted to clarify causal pathways and to determine whether improving dietary patterns or mitigating extreme pessimism could reduce depression prevalence.
Authors
- Yantong Liu
- Guang Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1181-4862)
- Minjun Liang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0037-7989)
- Chuang Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0271-1397)
- Feifei Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4734-2302)
- Shengyong Bao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9714-6836)
Institutions
- Kunsan National University (KR)
- Mayo Clinic (US)
- Purdue University West Lafayette (US)
- WinnMed (US)
- Southern University of Science and Technology (CN)
- Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Kunshan (CN)
- Southern Medical University Shenzhen Hospital (CN)
- Shenzhen Second People's Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Nutrition
- Published
- 2025-08-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2025.1590171
- Primary Topic
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Kunsan National University