The association between depression and eating styles in four European countries: The MooDFOOD prevention study

Paans, Nadine P.G.; Bot, Mariska; Brouwer, Ingeborg A.; Visser, Marjolein; Roca, Miquel; Kohls, Elisabeth; Watkins, Ed; Penninx, Brenda W. J. H.

doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2018.03.003

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“…Several studies have shown that measures of uncontrolled eating positively correlate with Neuroticism (Elfhag & Morey, 2008;Provencher et al, 2008), a measure of sensitivity to negative emotions. The same measures also correlate positively with depressive symptoms (Konttinen et al, 2014;Paans et al, 2018).…”

Section: Longitudinal Associations Between Food Intake and Uncontrollmentioning

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Uncontrolled eating: A unifying heritable trait linked with obesity, overeating, personality, and the brain

Vainik¹,

García‐García²

2018

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Many eating-related psychological constructs have been proposed to explain obesity and over-eating. However, these constructs, including food addiction, disinhibition, hedonic hunger, emotional eating, binge eating, and the like all have similar definitions, emphasising loss of control over intake. As questionnaires measuring the constructs correlate strongly (r>0.5) with each other, we propose that these constructs should be reconsidered to be part of a single broad phenotype: uncontrolled eating. Such an approach enables reviewing and meta-analysing evidence obtained with each individual questionnaire. Here, we describe robust associations between uncontrolled eating, body mass index (BMI), food intake, personality traits, and brain systems. Reviewing cross-sectional and longitudinal data, we show that uncontrolled eating is phenotypically and genetically intertwined with BMI and food intake. We also review evidence on how three psychological constructs are linked with uncontrolled eating: lower cognitive control, higher negative affect and a curvilinear association with reward sensitivity. Uncontrolled eating mediates all three constructs’ associations with BMI and food intake. Finally, we review and meta-analyse brain systems possibly subserving uncontrolled eating: namely, (i) the dopamine mesolimbic circuit associated with reward sensitivity, (ii) frontal cognitive networks sustaining dietary self-control, and (iii) the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis, amygdala and hippocampus supporting stress reactivity. While there are limits to the explanatory and predictive power of the uncontrolled eating phenotype, we conclude that treating different eating-related constructs as a single concept, uncontrolled eating, enables drawing robust conclusions on the relationship between food intake and BMI, psychological variables, and brain structure and function.

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Section: Longitudinal Associations Between Food Intake and Uncontrollmentioning

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Uncontrolled eating: A unifying heritable trait linked with obesity, overeating, personality, and the brain

Vainik¹,

García‐García²

2018

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“…Several studies have shown that measures of uncontrolled eating positively correlate with Neuroticism (Elfhag & Morey, ; Provencher et al ., ), a measure of sensitivity to negative emotions. The same measures also correlate positively with depressive symptoms (Konttinen et al ., ; Paans et al ., ).…”

Section: The Three Psychological Constructs Of Uncontrolled Eating: Rmentioning

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Uncontrolled eating: a unifying heritable trait linked with obesity, overeating, personality and the brain

Vainik

García‐García

Dagher

2019

Eur J of Neuroscience

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Many eating‐related psychological constructs have been proposed to explain obesity and overeating. However, these constructs, including food addiction, disinhibition, hedonic hunger, emotional eating, binge eating and the like all have similar definitions, emphasizing loss of control over intake. As questionnaires measuring the constructs correlate strongly (r > 0.5) with each other, we propose that these constructs should be reconsidered to be part of a single broad phenotype: uncontrolled eating. Such an approach enables reviewing and meta‐analysing evidence obtained with each individual questionnaire. Here, we describe robust associations between uncontrolled eating, body mass index (BMI), food intake, personality traits and brain systems. Reviewing cross‐sectional and longitudinal data, we show that uncontrolled eating is phenotypically and genetically intertwined with BMI and food intake. We also review evidence on how three psychological constructs are linked with uncontrolled eating: lower cognitive control, higher negative affect and a curvilinear association with reward sensitivity. Uncontrolled eating mediates all three constructs’ associations with BMI and food intake. Finally, we review and meta‐analyse brain systems possibly subserving uncontrolled eating: namely, (i) the dopamine mesolimbic circuit associated with reward sensitivity, (ii) frontal cognitive networks sustaining dietary self‐control and (iii) the hypothalamus‐pituitary‐adrenal axis, amygdala and hippocampus supporting stress reactivity. While there are limits to the explanatory and predictive power of the uncontrolled eating phenotype, we conclude that treating different eating‐related constructs as a single concept, uncontrolled eating, enables drawing robust conclusions on the relationship between food intake and BMI, psychological variables and brain structure and function.

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“…The scale presents acceptable psychometric properties [ 48 , 49 ]. In accordance with previous studies [ 39 , 40 ], individual symptoms were categorized into symptoms clusters: mood cluster (16 item ranged from 0 to 30); cognitive cluster (4 items ranged from 0 to 12); and somatic/vegetative cluster (ranged from 0 to 48). See Supplementary Table S1 .…”

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“…In addition, depressive symptom patterns/clusters have not yet been studied. Previous works proposed to differentiate three symptom clusters [ 40 , 41 ]: mood symptoms (e.g., feeling sad, anxious, reduced pleasure or interest), cognitive symptoms (e.g., concentration difficulties, pessimism, suicidal thoughts), and somatic/vegetative symptoms (e.g., sleeping problems, appetite increase/decrease, aches and pains).…”

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Associations of Non-Alcoholic Beverages with Major Depressive Disorder History and Depressive Symptoms Clusters in a Sample of Overweight Adults

Pérez-Ara¹,

Gili²,

Visser

et al. 2020

Nutrients

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Background: Meta-analysis of observational studies concluded that soft drinks may increase the risk of depression, while high consumption of coffee and tea may reduce the risk. Objectives were to explore the associations between the consumption of soft drinks, coffee or tea and: (1) a history of major depressive disorder (MDD) and (2) the severity of depressive symptoms clusters (mood, cognitive and somatic/vegetative symptoms). Methods: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis based on baseline and 12-month-follow-up data collected from four countries participating in the European MooDFOOD prevention trial. In total, 941 overweight adults with subsyndromal depressive symptoms aged 18 to 75 years were analyzed. History of MDD, depressive symptoms and beverages intake were assessed. Results: Sugar-sweetened soft drinks were positively related to MDD history rates whereas soft drinks with non-nutritive sweeteners were inversely related for the high vs. low categories of intake. Longitudinal analysis showed no significant associations between beverages and mood, cognitive and somatic/vegetative clusters. Conclusion: Our findings point toward a relationship between soft drinks and past MDD diagnoses depending on how they are sweetened while we found no association with coffee and tea. No significant effects were found between any studied beverages and the depressive symptoms clusters in a sample of overweight adults.

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The association between depression and eating styles in four European countries: The MooDFOOD prevention study

Cited by 52 publications

References 67 publications

Uncontrolled eating: A unifying heritable trait linked with obesity, overeating, personality, and the brain

Uncontrolled eating: A unifying heritable trait linked with obesity, overeating, personality, and the brain

Uncontrolled eating: a unifying heritable trait linked with obesity, overeating, personality and the brain

Associations of Non-Alcoholic Beverages with Major Depressive Disorder History and Depressive Symptoms Clusters in a Sample of Overweight Adults

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