April 2/New York/Public Health Nutrition -- Those who are regular consumers of fast food products are over 50% more likely to become clinically depressed than those who abstain from burgers, fries, pizza and other related foods, researchers from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) and the University of Granada have discovered.
Furthermore, according to lead author Almudena Sánchez-Villegas, the study, which has been published in the journal Public Health Nutrition, also demonstrated a dose-response relationship, which essentially means that the more fast food or commercial baked foods (doughnuts, croissants, etc.) a person eats, the higher the risk that they will become depressed as a result.