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
Bakken, T., Braaten, T., Olsen, A., Kyrø, C., Lund, E. & Skeie, G. (2016). Consumption of Whole-Grain Bread and Risk of Colorectal Cancer among Norwegian Women (the NOWAC Study). Nutrients, 8(1), Article E40. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu8010040
Opstelten, J. L., Leenders, M., Dik, V. K., Chan, S. S. M., van Schaik, F. D. M., Khaw, K.-T., Luben, R., Hallmans, G., Karling, P., Lindgren, S., Grip, O., Key, T. J., Crowe, F. L., Boeing, H., Bergmann, M. M., Overvad, K., Palli, D., Masala, G., Racine, A. ... Oldenburg, B. (2016). Dairy Products, Dietary Calcium, and Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Results From a European Prospective Cohort Investigation. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 22(6), 1403-11. https://doi.org/10.1097/MIB.0000000000000798
Racine, A., Carbonnel, F., Chan, S. S. M., Hart, A. R., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Oldenburg, B., van Schaik, F. D. M., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Dahm, C. C., Key, T., Luben, R., Khaw, K.-T., Riboli, E., Grip, O., Lindgren, S., Hallmans, G., Karling, P., Clavel-Chapelon, F. ... Boutron-Ruault, M.-C. (2016). Dietary Patterns and Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Europe: Results from the EPIC Study. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 22(2), 345-354. https://doi.org/10.1097/MIB.0000000000000638
Lassale, C., Gunter, M. J., Romaguera, D., Peelen, L. M., Van der Schouw, Y. T., Beulens, J. W. J., Freisling, H., Muller, D. C., Ferrari, P., Huybrechts, I., Fagherazzi, G., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Affret, A., Overvad, K., Dahm, C. C., Olsen, A., Roswall, N., Tsilidis, K. K., Katzke, V. A. ... Tzoulaki, I. (2016). Diet Quality Scores and Prediction of All-Cause, Cardiovascular and Cancer Mortality in a Pan-European Cohort Study. P L o S One, 11(7), e0159025. Article e0159025. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159025
Køster, B., Søndergaard, J., Nielsen, J. B., Allen, M., Bjerregaard, M., Olsen, A. & Bentzen, J. (2016). Effects of smartphone diaries and personal dosimeters on behavior in a randomized study of methods to document sunlight exposure. Preventive Medicine Reports, 3, 367-372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2016.04.002
Molina-Montes, E., Sánchez, M.-J., Zamora-Ros, R., As Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Wark, P. A., Obon-Santacana, M., Kühn, T., Katzke, V., Travis, R. C., Ye, W., Sund, M., Naccarati, A., Mattiello, A., Krogh, V., Martorana, C., Masala, G., Amiano, P., Huerta, J.-M., Barricarte, A. ... Duell, E. J. (2016). Flavonoid and lignan intake and pancreatic cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition cohort. International Journal of Cancer, 139(7), 1480-92. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.30190
Hastrup, K., Rieffestahl, A. M. & Olsen, A. V. (2016). Health and Environmental Concerns in the North. In M. Singer (Ed.), A Companion to the Anthropology of Environmental Health (1 ed., pp. 257-280). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118786949
