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October 8, 2025Frontiers in NutritionOpen Access

The relationship between physical activity and depression, anxiety, and stress in college students: a mediating effect of diet

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JSJiazhi ShengCCCaixia ChenGLGong Lamei

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Analysis shows that physical activity improves mental health in college students, highlighting diet's mediating role.

Key Points

  • Regular physical activity significantly reduces symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress in college students.
  • There is a strong correlation between dietary behavior and mental health outcomes, particularly anxiety and stress.
  • Higher physical activity levels are linked to improved dietary habits, affecting mental health positively.
  • The direct relationship between physical activity and mental health outweighs dietary behavior's mediating effects.

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Sheng et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e6494525bc5bdb98713a2fhttps://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2025.1611906
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