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
Menvielle, G., Kunst, A. E., van Gils, C. H., Peeters, P. H., Boshuizen, H., Overvad, K., Olsen, A., Tjonneland, A., Hermann, S., Kaaks, R., Bergmann, M. M., Illner, A.-K., Lagiou, P., Trichopoulos, D., Trichopoulou, A., Palli, D., Berrino, F., Mattiello, A., Tumino, R. ... Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B. (2011). The contribution of risk factors to the higher incidence of invasive and in situ breast cancers in women with higher levels of education in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition. American Journal of Epidemiology, 173(1), 26-37. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwq319
Dahm, C. C., Østergaard, J. N., Gorst-Rasmussen, A., Jakobsen, M. U., Schmidt, E. B., Tjønneland, A. & Overvad, K. (2011). The Treelet Transform - a novel method for determining patterns in adipose tissue fatty acids. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 65 (Suppl 1), a71.
Dahm, C. C., Østergaard, J. N., Gorst-Rasmussen, A., Jakobsen, M. U., Schmidt, E. B., Tjønneland, A. & Overvad, K. (2011). The Treelet Transform - a novel method for determining patterns in adipose tissue fatty acids. Poster session presented at IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Dossus, L., Becker, S., Rinaldi, S., Lukanova, A., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Chabbert-Buffet, N., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Teucher, B., Chang-Claude, J., Pischon, T., Boeing, H., Trichopoulou, A., Benetou, V., Valanou, E., Palli, D., Sieri, S. ... Kaaks, R. (2011). Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, soluble TNF receptors and endometrial cancer risk: The EPIC study. International Journal of Cancer, 129(8), 2032-2037. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.25840
Campa, D., Claus, R., Dostal, L., Stein, A., Chang-Claude, J., Meidtner, K., Boeing, H., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Overvad, K., Rodríguez, L., Bonet, C., Sánchez, M.-J., Amiano, P., Huerta, J. M., Barricarte, A., Khaw, K.-T., Wareham, N., Travis, R. C. ... Kaaks, R. (2011). Variation in genes coding for AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and breast cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation on Cancer (EPIC). Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 127(3), 761-767. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-010-1269-1
Hutchinson, J., Lentjes, M., Greenwood, D., Burley, V., Cade, J., Cleghorn, C., Threapleton, D., Key, T., Cairns, B., Keogh, R., Dahm, C. C., Brunner, E., Shipley, M., Kuh, D., Mishra, G., Stephen, A., Bhaniani, A., Borguyla, G., Khaw, K. T. & Rodwell, S. (2011). Vitamin C intake from diary recordings and risk of breast cancer in the UK dietary cohort consortium. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 65(Suppl 1), a253.
Hutchinson, J., Lentjes, M., Greenwood, D., Burley, V., Cade, J., Cleghorn, C., Threapleton, D., Key, T., Cairns, B., Keogh, R., Dahm, C. C., Brunner, E., Shipley, M., Kuh, D., Mishra, G., Stephen, A., Bhaniani, A., Borguyla, G., Khaw, K. T. & Rodwell, S. (2011). Vitamin C intake from diary recordings and risk of breast cancer in the UK dietary cohort consortium. Poster session presented at IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
