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
Silva, P. S. A. D., Olsen, A., Christensen, J., Schmidt, E. B., Overvad, K., Tjonneland, A. & Hart, A. R. (2010). An Association Between Dietary Arachidonic Acid, Measured in Adipose Tissue, and Ulcerative Colitis. Gastroenterology, 139(6), 1912-7. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2010.07.065
Jenab, M., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Ferrari, P., van Duijnhoven, F. J. B., Norat, T., Pischon, T., Jansen, E. H. J. M., Slimani, N., Byrnes, G., Rinaldi, S., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Morois, S., Kaaks, R., Linseisen, J., Boeing, H. ... Riboli, E. (2010). Association between pre-diagnostic circulating vitamin D concentration and risk of colorectal cancer in European populations:a nested case-control study. B M J, 340, b5500. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b5500
McCormack, V., Agudo, A., Dahm, C. C., Overvad, K., Olsen, A., Tjonneland, A., Kaaks, R., Boeing, H., Manjer, J., Almquist, M., Hallmans, G., Johansson, I., Chirlaque, M., Barricarte, A., Dorronsoro, M., Rodriguez, L., Redondo, M., Khaw, K., Wareham, N. ... Boffetta, P. (2010). Cigar and pipe smoking and cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). International Journal of Cancer, 127(10), 2402-11. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.25252
Vrieling, A., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Boshuizen, H. C., Michaud, D. S., Severinsen, M. T., Overvad, K., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Kaaks, R., Rohrmann, S., Boeing, H., Nöthlings, U., Trichopoulou, A., Moutsiou, E., Dilis, V., Palli, D., Krogh, V. ... Riboli, E. (2010). Cigarette smoking, environmental tobacco smoke exposure and pancreatic cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. International Journal of Cancer, 126(10), 2394-403. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.24907
Aleksandrova, K., Jenab, M., Boeing, H., Jansen, E., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Rinaldi, S., Riboli, E., Overvad, K., Dahm, C. C., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Morois, S., Palli, D., Krogh, V., Tumino, R., Vineis, P., Panico, S. ... Pischon, T. (2010). Circulating C-Reactive Protein Concentrations and Risks of Colon and Rectal Cancer: A Nested Case-Control Study Within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. American Journal of Epidemiology, 172(4), 407-18. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwq135
Michaud, D. S., Gallo, V., Schlehofer, B., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Dahm, C. C., Teucher, B., Lukanova, A., Boeing, H., Schütze, M., Trichopoulou, A., Lagiou, P., Kyrozis, A., Sacerdote, C., Krogh, V., Masala, G., Tumino, R., Mattiello, A. ... Riboli, E. (2010). Coffee and tea intake and risk of brain tumors in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 92(5), 1145-1150. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.2010.29876
Nagel, G., Linseisen, J., van Gils, C. H., Peeters, P. H., Boutron-Ruault, M. C., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Romieu, I., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Roswall, N., Witt, P. M., Overvad, K., Rohrmann, S., Kaaks, R., Drogan, D., Boeing, H., Trichopoulou, A., Stratigakou, V., Zylis, D. ... Riboli, E. (2010). Dietary beta-carotene, vitamin C and E intake and breast cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 119(3), 753-65. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-009-0444-8
