A 6-month randomised controlled trial investigating effects of Mediterranean-style diet and fish oil supplementation on dietary behaviour change, mental and cardiometabolic health and health-related quality of life in adults with depression (HELFIMED): Study protocol

BMC Nutrition

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Zarnowiecki, Dorota ^a   Cho, Jihyun ^a   Wilson, Amy ^b   Bogomolova, Svetlana ^b   Villani, Anthony ^a   Itsiopoulos, Catherine ^c   Niyonsenga, Theo ^a   O'Dea, Kerin ^a   Blunden, Sarah ^d   Meyer, Barbara ^e   Segal, Leonie ^a   Parletta, Natalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiometabolic health; Depression; Mediterranean diet; Quality of life; Study protocol

Indexed keywords

EID: 85046470336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20550928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40795-016-0095-1     Document Type: Article

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