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
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
McKenzie, F., Biessy, C., Ferrari, P., Freisling, H., Rinaldi, S., Chajès, V., Dahm, C. C., Overvad, K., Dossus, L., Lagiou, P., Trichopoulos, D., Trichopoulou, A., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., May, A., Peeters, P. H., Weiderpass, E., Sanchez, M.-J., Navarro, C., Ardanaz, E. ... Romieu, I. (2016). Healthy Lifestyle and Risk of Cancer in the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition Cohort Study. Medicine , 95(16), e2850. Article e2850. https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000002850
Nørskov, N., Kyrø, C., Olsen, A. V., Tjønneland, A. & Knudsen, K. E. B. (2016). High-Throughput LC-MS/MS Method for Direct Quantification of Glucuronidated, Sulfated and Free Enterolactone in Human Plasma. Journal of Proteome Research, 15(3), 1051-1058. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jproteome.5b01117
