the relationship of parental mental health and dietary pattern with adolescent mental health

Background: today, ensuring people’s health and well-being has become a concern for societies. health status results from an interaction of an individuals’ various psychological, social, and physical aspects. objectives: this study aims to investigate the relationship of parental mental health and dietary pattern with adolescent mental health. patients and methods: in this study, 250 high school students in shiraz were selected using random cluster sampling. the samples were analyzed using the food frequency questionnaire (ffq) and the general health questionnaire (ghq-28). results: according to the findings, parental mental health explains 22% of the variance in children’s mental health, so that in simultaneous regression, physical dimensions, anxiety, social functioning, and depression predicted 13%, 24%, 11%, and 24% of the variance of criterion variables, respectively. no significant relationship was observed between dietary pattern and adolescent mental health dimensions. there was a significant negative relationship only between depression and vegetable intake. moreover, fruit (r = 0.15, p < 0.05) and vegetable (r = 0.16, p < 0.05) intake had a significant relationship with parental mental health dimensions. conclusions: parents’ mental health and their psychological characteristics can be related to children’s mental health and affect their dietary intake patterns.