Diet, lifestyle and genetic susceptibility
Every day, each Dane consumes an average of 3 kilograms of food and fluids, which amounts to a ton each year. Food consumption habits have both health and environmental consequences. In the research group, we study associations between diet, lifestyle and health. The main outcomes we focus on are obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer, both in one generation and across generations in families. Increasingly, we also study the interplay between food consumption, environmental impact, and health.
Research areas
- Applying novel methods to assess associations between diet and health
- Modelled substitution of foods
- Socioeconomic determinants of food and drink habits
- Associations between diet, lifestyle and obesity exposures in one generation, and health outcomes in the next
- Environmentally sustainable foods or dietary habits and health
- The interplay between genetic variation, diet, and health
Recent publications
Publications
Aguilera-Buenosvinos, I., Morales Berstein, F., González-Gil, E. M., Dossus, L., Gunter, M. J., Biessy, C., Masala, G., Santucci De Magistris, M., Laouali, N., Shah, S., Marques, C., Heath, A. K., Tsilidis, K. K., Cross, A. J., Ferrari, P., Castro-Espin, C., Debras, C., Tumino, R., Tjønneland, A. ... Toledo Atucha, E. (2025). Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Obesity-Linked Cancer Risk in EPIC. JAMA network open, 8(2), e2461031. Article e2461031. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.61031
Bork, C., Dahm, C. C., Calder, P. C., Lundbye-Christensen, S., Olsen, A., Overvad, K. & Schmidt, E. B. (2025). Adipose tissue content of ω-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids and all-cause mortality: a Danish prospective cohort study. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 121(4), 865-872. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2025.01.029
Aglago, E. K., Ramos, I., Keski-Rahkonen, P., Chatziioannou, C., Freisling, H., Fedirko, V., Gunter, M. J., Dahm, C. C., Langmann, F., Bondonno, N., Tjønneland, A., Severi, G., Truong, T., Katzke, V., Kaaks, R., Bergmann, M., Schulze, M. B., Masala, G., Pala, V. ... Jenab, M. (2025). Alcohol and smoking habits in association with hepatocellular carcinoma risk. International Journal of Cancer. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.35401
Manfredi, L., Sodano, B., Raganato, C., Buscema, F., Milani, L., Catalano, A., Freisling, H., Ferrari, P., Abraha, A., Kaaks, R., Katzke, V., Panico, S., Antoniussen, C. S., Dahm, C. C., Tin, S. T., Vermeulen, R., Vaartjes, I., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A. ... Ricceri, F. (2025). A longitudinal Analysis of the Association between Socioeconomic Position and Multimorbidity in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition Study. Aging and Disease. https://doi.org/10.14336/AD.2024.1166
Shi, F., Chowdhury, R., Sofianopoulou, E., Koulman, A., Sun, L., Steur, M., Aleksandrova, K., Dahm, C. C., Schulze, M. B., van der Schouw, Y. T., Agnoli, C., Amiano, P., Boer, J. M. A., Bork, C. S., Cabrera-Castro, N., Eichelmann, F., Elbaz, A., Farràs, M., Heath, A. K. ... Kaptoge, S. (2025). Association of circulating fatty acids with cardiovascular disease risk: Analysis of individual-level data in three large prospective cohorts and updated meta-analysis. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 32(3), 233-246. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwae315
González-Gil, E. M., Matta, M., Morales Berstein, F., Cairat, M., Nicolas, G., Blanco, J., Kliemann, N., Bertazzi Levy, R., Rauber, F., Jacobs, I., Al Nahas, A., Cakmak, E. K., Vamos, E. P., Chang, K., Yammine, S. G., Millett, C., Touvier, M., Matias Pinho, M. G., Tsilidis, K. K. ... Huybrechts, I. (2025). Associations between degree of food processing and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a multicentre prospective cohort analysis in 9 European countries. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 50, Article 101208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2024.101208
Chen, J., Sun, Y., Dan, L., Wellens, J., Yuan, S., Yang, H., Tong, T. Y. N., Cross, A. J., Papadimitriou, N., Meyer, A., Dahm, C. C., Larsson, S. C., Wolk, A., Ludvigsson, J. F., Tsilidis, K., Giovannucci, E., Satsangi, J., Wang, X., Theodoratou, E. ... EPIC Investigators (Anja Olsen, member) (2025). Composition of plant-based diets and the incidence and prognosis of inflammatory bowel disease: a multinational retrospective cohort study. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 52, Article 101264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2025.101264
