this post was submitted on 21 Oct 2023
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[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 90 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I assume this is a correlation study? not a causation one?

It seems plausible the opposite is true, that depressed people are more likely to eat easy sweet foods.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago

Or even that if you're depressed, you only have the energy to eat pre-processed foods.

[–] PizzaMan@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

That's exactly the first thing that crossed my mind. Whenever I get a depressive episode, the last thing I want to do is cook. So the least effort, quickest meal is the meal I have. And meals like that are generally processed, terrible foods.