Jackson SE, Smith L, Firth J, et al. - Researchers examined whether chocolate consumption is associated with depressive symptoms in a large, representative sample of 13,626 US adults (≥ 20 years) who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey between 2007–08 and 2013–14. Two 24-hr dietary recalls were used to obtain daily chocolate consumption. Overall, chocolate consumption was reported in 11.1% of the population, with 1.4% reporting dark chocolate consumption. Evidence gained suggests a possible correlation of consumption of chocolate, particularly dark chocolate, with reduced odds of clinically relevant depressive symptoms. Stratification with respect to the amount of chocolate consumption indicated 57% lower odds of depressive symptoms among participants reporting chocolate consumption in the highest quartile (104–454 g/day) vs those who reported no chocolate consumption (OR = 0.43, 95%CI 0.19–0.96) after adjusting for dark chocolate consumption.