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Diet, a new target to prevent depression?Almudena Sanchez-Villegas
Deparment of Clinical Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, PO Box 550, CP 35080, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
BMC Med 11:3. 2013..Research on the role of diet in the prevention of depression is scarce. Some evidence suggests that depression shares common mechanisms with cardiovascular disease...
Perceived and actual obesity in childhood and adolescence and risk of adult depressionAlmudena Sanchez-Villegas
Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, P O Box 550, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 35008, Spain
J Epidemiol Community Health 67:81-6. 2013..Obesity in childhood and adolescence has important health consequences, but its relation to risk of adult depression remains uncertain...- Physical activity during leisure time and quality of life in a Spanish cohort: SUN (Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra) projectAlmudena Sanchez-Villegas
Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Br J Sports Med 46:443-8. 2012..Purpose To longitudinally assess the association between LTPA, changes in LTPA and health-related quality of life (HRQL)... - Fast-food and commercial baked goods consumption and the risk of depressionAlmudena Sanchez-Villegas
Centre for Health Sciences, Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, PO Box 550, CP 35080, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Public Health Nutr 15:424-32. 2012..Whereas the relationship between some components of diet, such as n-3 fatty acids and B-vitamins, and depression risk has been extensively studied, the role of fast-food or processed pastries consumption has received little attention... - Relationship between body image disturbance and incidence of depression: the SUN prospective cohortAdriano Marçal Pimenta
Department of Maternal and Child Nursing and Public Health, Nursing School, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida Alfredo Balena, 190 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, CEP 30130 100, Brazi
BMC Public Health 9:1. 2009..The aim of this study was to assess the association between body image disturbance and the incidence of depression... - Meta-analysis on the effect of the N363S polymorphism of the glucocorticoid receptor gene (GRL) on human obesityAmelia Marti
Department of Physiology and Nutrition, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
BMC Med Genet 7:50. 2006..Individual studies may lack statistical power which may result in disparate results. This limitation can be overcome using meta-analytic techniques... - Association between folate, vitamin B(6) and vitamin B(12) intake and depression in the SUN cohort studyA Sanchez-Villegas
School of Health Sciences, Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain
J Hum Nutr Diet 22:122-33. 2009..The present study aimed to assess the association between folate, vitamins B(6) and B(12) intake and depresion prevalence in the SUN cohort study... - Dietary fat intake and the risk of depression: the SUN ProjectAlmudena Sanchez-Villegas
Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
PLoS ONE 6:e16268. 2011..Emerging evidence relates some nutritional factors to depression risk. However, there is a scarcity of longitudinal assessments on this relationship... - Childhood and young adult overweight/obesity and incidence of depression in the SUN projectAlmudena Sanchez-Villegas
Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:1443-8. 2010..These results, if causal and confirmed in other prospective studies, support treating childhood and young adult overweight/obesity as part of comprehensive adult depression prevention efforts... 
Adherence to a Mediterranean dietary pattern and weight gain in a follow-up study: the SUN cohortA Sanchez-Villegas
Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain
Int J Obes (Lond) 30:350-8. 2006..The promotion of Mediterranean Diets has generated some doubts, because of the concern that its high fat content might lead to the development of obesity...- Validity of a self-reported diagnosis of depression among participants in a cohort study using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID-I)Almudena Sanchez-Villegas
Department of Clinical Sciencies, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
BMC Psychiatry 8:43. 2008..Thus, the use of a medical diagnosis of depression could be a more appropriate approach... - Association between dietary and beverage consumption patterns in the SUN (Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra) cohort studyA Sanchez-Villegas
Center for Health Sciences, Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, PO Box 550, CP 35080, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Public Health Nutr 12:351-8. 2009..The objective of the present study was to determine the dietary patterns of a Mediterranean cohort and relate them to the observed patterns of beverage consumption... - Physical activity, sedentary index, and mental disorders in the SUN cohort studyAlmudena Sanchez-Villegas
Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Med Sci Sports Exerc 40:827-34. 2008..There is evidence to suggest a beneficial effect of physical activity on several mental disorders... - [Role of tobacco use on the incidence of depression in the SUN cohort study]Almudena Sanchez-Villegas
Departamento de Ciencias Clinicas, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain
Med Clin (Barc) 130:405-9. 2008..Our objective was to prospectively assess the association between smoking habit and depression incidence in the SUN (Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra) cohort... - Long chain omega-3 fatty acids intake, fish consumption and mental disorders in the SUN cohort studyAlmudena Sanchez-Villegas
Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, P O Box 550, 35080 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Eur J Nutr 46:337-46. 2007..Very long chain omega-3 fatty acids (w-3 PUFA) intake and fish consumption have been suggested as protective factors against neuropsychiatric disorders but there is scarcity of large cohort studies assessing this association... - Mediterranean diet and depressionA Sanchez-Villegas
Department of Clinical Sciences University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Public Health Nutr 9:1104-9. 2006..The adherence to a Mediterranean Dietary Pattern ensures an adequate intake of B vitamins and w-3 fatty acids. A protective role on depression has been suggested for both nutrients... - Dietary assessment methods for intakes of iron, calcium, selenium, zinc and iodineLluis Serra-Majem
Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Br J Nutr 102:S38-55. 2009..Se and Fe showed only acceptable correlations. The present review provides new insights regarding the characteristics that assessment methods for dietary mineral intakes should fulfil... - Dietary assessment methods for micronutrient intake in infants, children and adolescents: a systematic reviewAdriana Ortiz-Andrellucchi
Nutrition Research Group, Department of Clinical Sciences, Centre for Health Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Br J Nutr 102:S87-117. 2009..Including supplement users generally improved the correlations between micronutrient intakes estimated by any of the dietary intake methods and respective biochemical indices... - Dietary assessment methods for micronutrient intake in elderly people: a systematic reviewAdriana Ortiz-Andrellucchi
Nutrition Research Group, Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Br J Nutr 102:S118-49. 2009..When frequency methods are used for assessing micronutrient intake, the inclusion of dietary supplements improves their reliability for most micronutrients... - Association of the Mediterranean dietary pattern with the incidence of depression: the Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra/University of Navarra follow-up (SUN) cohortAlmudena Sanchez-Villegas
Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Arch Gen Psychiatry 66:1090-8. 2009..Adherence to the Mediterranean dietary pattern (MDP) is thought to reduce inflammatory, vascular, and metabolic processes that may be involved in the risk of clinical depression... - Dietary fat intake and quality of life: the SUN projectCristina Ruano
Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Nutr J 10:121. 2011..Few studies have related nutritional factors with quality of life in healthy populations. The purpose of the study was to assess whether dietary fat intake is associated to mental and physical quality of life... - Evaluating the quality of dietary intake validation studiesLluis Serra-Majem
Nutrition Research Group, Department of Clinical Sciences, Centre for Health Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35080 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Br J Nutr 102:S3-9. 2009..Without a doubt, this subject constitutes a key topic for research in nutritional epidemiology... - Dietary patterns and nutritional adequacy in a Mediterranean countryLluis Serra-Majem
Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, PO Box 550, 35080 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Br J Nutr 101:S21-8. 2009..09 (95 % CI: 0.07, 0.11) (and 0.02 (95 % CI: 0.00, 0.16)) for the upper quintile of MDP and 4.4 (95 % CI: 3.6, 5.5) and 2.5 (95 % CI: 1.1, 5.4) for the WDP. The MDP was associated to a better profile of nutrient intake... - [Assessment of nutritional quality in healthy pregnant women of the Canary Islands, Spain]Adriana Ortiz-Andrellucchi
Grupo de Investigación en Nutrición, Departamento de Ciencias Clinicas, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Espana
Med Clin (Barc) 133:615-21. 2009..To describe the composition of the diet of healthy pregnant women of the Canary Islands and to estimate the nutritional quality using the Healthy Eating Index (HEI)... - Empirically Derived Dietary Patterns and Health-Related Quality of Life in the SUN ProjectCristina Ruano
Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain Ciber Fisiopatologia Obesidad y Nutrición CIBERObn, CB06 03, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
PLoS ONE 8:e61490. 2013..Our aim was to ascertain the association between major dietary patterns and mental and physical quality of life after 4 years of follow-up... - [Obesity of health shift workers from the Canary Islands, Spain]María Jesús Fernández Rodríguez
Hospital Universitario Dr Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Espana
Med Clin (Barc) 128:623-6. 2007 - Methodological aspects of the study of dietary patterns during pregnancy and maternal and infant health outcomes. A systematic reviewAlmudena Sanchez-Villegas
Catedrático de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Grupo de Nutrición Departamento de Ciencias Clínicas, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Ap de Correos 550, 35080 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Espana
Matern Child Nutr 6:100-11. 2010.... - Dietary assessment methods for micronutrient intake: a systematic review on vitaminsPatricia Henríquez-Sánchez
Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Br J Nutr 102:S10-37. 2009..26 to 0.38. The FFQ is an acceptable method of assessing vitamin intake. The present review provides new insights regarding the characteristics that assessment methods for dietary intake should fulfil... - Olive oil consumption and risk of breast cancer in the Canary Islands: a population-based case-control studyPurificación García-Segovia
Department of Clinical Science, University of Las Palmas of Gran Canaria, Spain
Public Health Nutr 9:163-7. 2006..Breast cancer mortality and incidence rates in the Canary Islands, and particularly in Gran Canaria, are higher than those in the rest of Spain... - The effect of the Mediterranean diet on plasma brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels: the PREDIMED-NAVARRA randomized trialAlmudena Sanchez-Villegas
Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Nutr Neurosci 14:195-201. 2011..The aim of this study was to assess the role of a nutritional intervention based on a Mediterranean diet (MeDiet) on plasma BDNF levels... - Immunomodulatory effects of the intake of fermented milk with Lactobacillus casei DN114001 in lactating mothers and their childrenAdriana Ortiz-Andrellucchi
Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, PO Box 550, 35080 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Br J Nutr 100:834-45. 2008..casei during the lactation period modestly contributes to the modulation of the mother's immunological response after delivery and decreases the incidence of gastrointestinal episodes in the breast-fed child...