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Vol.2, No.3, 287-290 (2012) Open Journal of Preventive Medicine /10.4236/ojpm.2012.23041 Association of depressive symptoms with dietary habits among Japanese physicians Koji Wada 1* , Yukiko Suehiro 2 , Hiroshi Ohta 1 3 , Toru Yoshikawa , Takashi Hosaka 4 1 2 3 4 Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan; Corresponding Author: kwada-sgy@umin.ac.jp * University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan Institute for Science of Labour, Kawasaki, Japan St. Luke’s International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan Received 20 June 2012; revised 22 July 2012; accepted 5 August 2012 ABSTRACT pressive symptoms [3]. However, interventions to im- prove dietary habits may help prevent mental disorders. For example, among emergency rescue workers, omega- 3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplements attenuated post- traumatic distress [4]. The aim of this study was to de- termine the association of depressive symptoms with dietary habits among physicians working in hospitals in Japan. The aim of this study was to determine the as- sociation of depressive symptoms with dietary habits among physicians working in hospitals in Japan. We mailed an anonymous questionnaire with the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symp- tomatology and items about dietary habits to 10,000 randomly selected physicians. Logistic regression analysis was used to explore the association of depressive symptoms with die- tary habits. The participants comprised 3862 physicians (3025 men and 837 women). Among the respondents, 252 (8.3%) men and 88 (10.5%) women were determined to be in depressive symptoms. For men, “never eat a balanced diet” (Odds ratio; 95% confidence interval, 2.54; 1.70 - 3.80), and for women “eat quite small meals” (3.81; 1.14 - 13.1), “always eat until full” (4.40; 1.48 - 13.1), and “never eat a balanced diet” (3.05; 1.49 - 6.23) were as