Each of us experiences feelings of anxiety from time to time for completely different reasons. After all, you had such that you were worried about the health of a loved one or worried about the lack of money? This is completely normal, but there are a huge number of people in the world who are in an anxious state for most of their lives. Canadian scientists decided to conduct a large-scale study and find out which people and for what reasons are most often worried. It turned out that the development of anxiety disorder can be influenced by both diet and other factors such as marital status.
The results of the research were published in the scientific publication International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. As part of the scientific work, scientists have carefully analyzed data from a group of 26,991 people aged 45 to 85 years. In the course of studying their personal data, researchers were able to find out what factors most often influence the development of anxiety disorder. This is a pretty impressive list.
What foods make people anxious?
As mentioned above, the development of anxiety disorder is strongly influenced by a person's diet. People who eat fewer than three types of fruits and vegetables a day are 24% more likely to have anxiety disorder than others, according to study leader Karen Davidson. The researchers also noted that if a person's total body fat exceeds 36%, they are 70% more likely to be mired in anxiety and anxiety than others.
Which people are more prone to anxiety than others?
The researchers also found that gender, marital status, income level and health status also influence the development of anxiety in addition to diet. Thus, women were much more susceptible to anxiety than men. However, this is no longer such a surprise news, because the results of many other studies testified to the greater predisposition of women to anxiety disorders.
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It was also found that single people are more anxious than those who live with a partner. If a person receives less than $ 20,000 a year, which equals a little over a million rubles, he too will worry more often than wealthier people. In principle, this is not surprising, because the constant struggle for existence is a common cause of stress, which, as a rule, is necessarily accompanied by a feeling of anxiety.
Many people also tend to be anxious about their health. If a person had more than three chronic diseases in their anamnesis, they were more likely to be diagnosed with anxiety disorder than healthy people. There is also no particular doubt about the correctness of this fact, because if something hurts you, you also start to worry about it? And as soon as you go online and look for the causes of pain, your anxiety can worsen even more. Moreover, in most cases, anxiety is unfounded and it turns out that anxiety could have been avoided simply by seeing a doctor.
The most unexpected result of the study was that immigrants turned out to be calmer people than those who were born and live in their home country. Scientists have not yet been able to explain this trend, because it is very strange that people who have recently moved to a new country worry less than the indigenous people. But the presence of a language barrier and difficulties in getting a job must certainly be stressful.
In conclusion, the researchers noted that in the coming years, about 10% of the world's population will suffer from anxiety disorders. Moreover, the diagnosis in some people will be so serious that they will be considered disabled. To save the situation, according to scientists, only a conscious change in the diet of people and improvement of social factors can.
Ramis Ganiev