Healthy Lifestyle - Healthy Mind: The Association Between Health Behaviors and Depression Among Adults

Abstract

Depressive disorders are one of the main causes of morbidity worldwide among adults. Although there are abundant scientific evidences on the relationship between sociodemographic and health characteristics and depression, theempirical evidence addressing the impact of health behaviors on depressive symptoms remained inconclusive. The current review describes in detail the associations between several main healthy lifestyle and depression among adults, including the possible influence of the locus of control component on compliance with health behaviors. In addition, this article discusses on the meaning of a “healthy lifestyle” as a predictor for depression, informed by methodological and conceptual challenges of biosocial approaches.