Abstract
Abstract The objective was to investigate the association between emotional states with adequate fruit and vegetable consumption (FVC). This is a population-based cross-sectional study with 1,100 adults from a medium-sized city in Southern Brazil. Adequate FVC was defined as concomitant intake ≥ 3 fruits and ≥ 5 tablespoons of vegetables per day. Exposures were self-perception of nervousness/stress and minor psychiatric disorders (MPD). Data analysis used logistic regression. After controlling for demographic, socioeconomic and behavioral variables, adults reporting lack of nervousness/stress were twice more likely to report adequate FVC than those who reported it. Similarly, those reporting not having MPD symptoms were 52% more likely to have adequate FVC than those who did not. These effects increased and remained significant among women.
Highlights
The rapid changes in population dietary patterns along with reductions in malnutrition and increases in obesity rates elicit global concern[1,2]
The present study aimed to investigate the association between self-perceptions of nervousness/ stress and minor psychiatric disorders (MPD) with fruits and vegetables (FV) consumption
The main findings suggest that there is a significant association between favourable mental states and adequate FV consumption, among women
Summary
The rapid changes in population dietary patterns along with reductions in malnutrition and increases in obesity rates elicit global concern[1,2]. In Brazil, large national surveys such as the National Survey of Household Expenditure in 1974-1975, the National Survey on Health and Nutrition in 1989 and the Consumer Expenditure Surveys in 2002-2003 and 2008-2009 have shown that, in all regions of the country and in all age and income categories, the percentages of overweight and obese people have increased continuously and substantially[1,3]. There is considerable evidence for the protective roles of an adequate consumption of FV in the prevention of obesity and of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes[4] and, cardiovascular diseases[5]. Women, married and white people, those with better education and income, physically active, non-smokers, and with moderate alcohol consumption habits tend to consume adequately FV9-12
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