Nutrition and late-life depression: etiological considerations

Author:

Payne Martha E1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Neuropsychiatric Imaging Research Laboratory, Duke University, 2200 West Main Street, Suite B210, Durham, NC 27705, USA.

Abstract

Depression is a debilitating mental disorder that frequently occurs in older adults, especially in those with vascular diseases. Nutritional factors have the potential to decrease the occurrence of late-life depression but have not been adequately studied. Low folate levels, disturbed omega-3 fatty acid metabolism and obesity have been associated with depression, and may be causal factors. Longitudinal studies are urgently needed in order to examine the potential of dietary factors to prevent late-life depression.

Publisher

Future Medicine Ltd

Subject

Geriatrics and Gerontology,General Medicine

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