{"id":208019,"date":"2022-10-15T14:25:35","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T17:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/?p=208019"},"modified":"2022-10-16T00:58:09","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T00:58:09","slug":"eating-healthy-and-avoiding-the-news-best-protected-people-s-mental-health-during-pandemic-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/eating-healthy-and-avoiding-the-news-best-protected-people-s-mental-health-during-pandemic-study-finds","title":{"rendered":"Study finds eating healthy and avoiding the news best protected people\u2019s mental health during pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eating healthy and avoiding the news were the biggest preventers of anxiety and depression during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new study. The two lifestyle changes were more effective in stabilising mental health than interacting with friends, following a routine or pursuing hobbies. The study, carried out by researchers in Barcelona, observed 942 Spanish adults for one year. At regular two-week intervals, participants were asked to rate the frequency at which they used 10 different coping behaviours, and their levels of anxiety and depression. Following a balanced diet, not reading news about Covid-19 updates too often, physical exercise, staying outdoors and drinking water were associated with coping better. Some behaviours which had been perceived as beneficial, such as talking with relatives and friends or taking up a hobby, had a smaller influence on people&#8217;s mental health. Dr Joaquim Radua, a lead researcher of the study, said the results were &#8220;a little surprising&#8221;. &#8220;Like many people, we had assumed that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eating healthy and avoiding the news were the biggest preventers of anxiety and depression during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new study.The two lifestyle changes were more effective in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115,108,1],"tags":[62,191,59,6,60],"class_list":["post-208019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness","category-lifestyle","category-news","tag-coronavirus","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-lifestyle","tag-public-health"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208019\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}