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dc.contributor.authorBuys, Nicholas
dc.contributor.authorSun, Jing
dc.contributor.editorMichael Murray
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:17:31Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:17:31Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.modified2014-04-11T05:01:23Z
dc.identifier.issn1462-3730
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/14623730.2013.850262
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/58245
dc.description.abstractThis study aims to investigate the association between depression and obesity in older adults in Australia and the in?uencing effects of dietary patterns. The cross-sectional study design was used for the study. The study was conducted across nine community settings in Gold Coast, Queensland. The study cohort included 301 randomly selected men and women, aged 50 - 88 years. Depression was measured using the General Health Questionnaire. Body mass index (BMI) was assessed according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics criteria, and obesity was classi?ed as a BMI of 30.0 kg/m2. Dietary pattern was measured using a standardized Food Frequency Questionnaire. The associations between anxiety or depression and BMI and the dietary patterns were estimated using multinomial logistic regression models. In all participants, dietary patterns were associated with both depression and obesity. Diets had mediating effects on the association between depression and obesity. Participants who consumed more high-fat meat products and fewer fruits and vegetables had an increased chance of obesity. Participants who were depressed did not have an increased chance of obesity when dietary patterns were adjusted in the multinomial logistic regression model. The results of the study suggest that dietary patterns are related to both depression and obesity and are important mediators in the increasing probability of obesity. The results have implications to inform intervention programmes to target dietary-intake behaviour change so that depression and obesity can be prevented in older adults.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom263
dc.relation.ispartofpageto274
dc.relation.ispartofissue5
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Journal of Mental Health Promotion
dc.relation.ispartofvolume15
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases)
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHuman resources and industrial relations
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic health
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical and health psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode320101
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3505
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4206
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5203
dc.titleRelationship between obesity and depression in older Australian adults and examination of dietary patterns as influencing factors
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Medicine
gro.date.issued2013
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorBuys, Nicholas J.


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