Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
Tolar-Peterson, Terezie
Committee Member
Norwood, Arnita
Committee Member
Mathews, Rahel
Date of Degree
11-25-2020
Original embargo terms
Visible to MSU only for 1 Year
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Open Access
Major
Nutrition
Degree Name
Master of Science
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.)
College
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
College
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Department
Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion
Department
Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion
Abstract
Depression is one of the most debilitating disorders among youth. Many factors impact depression risk, and dietary quality is one of the most significant modifiable factors. This work was to investigate whether diet quality, including protein, sugar, vegetables, and omega-3 fatty acids’ intake, had any effect on the development of depression. Data from 82 subjects were used for analysis. There was no significant relationship between Dietary Quality Index (p=.21, n=82) and depression based on this research. Results included total protein (p=.77, n=82), animal-based protein (p=.77, n=82), vegetable-based protein (p=.29, n=82), total sugar (p=.55, n=78), added sugar (p=.48, n=78), total vegetable (p=.56, n=82) and omega3 fatty acids (p=.92, n=82). These results were not up to expectations and did not conform to previous findings. Future research should be performed with a larger sample size among the college-aged population to determine the relationship between dietary factors and depression risk.
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11668/20857
Recommended Citation
Wang, Yulu, "Diet quality and mental health in college students: impact on dietary factors including intake of protein, sugar, vegetable and omega-3 fatty acid on depression" (2020). Theses and Dissertations. 1492.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/1492