Associations Between Mediterranean Diet, Processed Food Consumption, and Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression: Cross-Sectional Study Among Israeli Adults.

Foods · 2025 · PMC12071465 · PMID 40361567

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0.0530

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approached significancep = 0.053so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

For depression, processed food consumption approached significance (β = 0.130, p = 0.053).

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marginally non-significantp = 0.069so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Additionally, the high-anxiety group showed trends toward higher processed food consumption and poorer sleep quality and duration, though these differences were marginally non-significant ( p = 0.069 and p = 0.080, respectively).

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.151not close (p > 0.1)

While the high-depression group also consumed more processed foods than the low-depression group, this difference did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.151).

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