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
Aleksandrova, K., Pischon, T., Buijsse, B., May, A. M., Peeters, P. H., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Jenab, M., Fedirko, V., Dahm, C. C., Siersema, P. D., Freisling, H., Ferrari, P., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A., Trichopoulou, A., Lagiou, P., Naska, A., Pala, V., Mattiello, A. ... Boeing, H. (2013). Adult weight change and risk of colorectal cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. European Journal of Cancer, 49(16), 3526-3536. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2013.06.021
Loft, S., Olsen, A., Møller, P., Poulsen, H. E. & Tjønneland, A. (2013). Association between 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2′-deoxyguanosine excretion and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer: Nested case - Control study. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, 22(7), 1289-1296. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-13-0229
Overvad, K., Dahm, C. C. & InterAct Consortium (2013). Association between dietary meat consumption and incident type 2 diabetes: the EPIC-InterAct study. Diabetologia, 56(1), 47-59. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-012-2718-7
Egeberg, R., Olsen, A., Christensen, J., Halkjær, J., Jakobsen, M. U., Overvad, K. & Tjønneland, A. (2013). Associations between Red Meat and Risks for Colon and Rectal Cancer Depend on the Type of Red Meat Consumed. Journal of Nutrition, 143(4), 464-72. https://doi.org/10.3945/jn.112.168799
Chan, S. S. M., Luben, R., Olsen, A., Tjonneland, A., Kaaks, R., Teucher, B., Lindgren, S., Grip, O., Key, T., Crowe, F. L., Bergmann, M. M., Boeing, H., Hallmans, G., Karling, P., Overvad, K., Palli, D., Masala, G., Kennedy, H., vanSchaik, F. ... Hart, A. R. (2013). Body Mass Index and the Risk for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis: Data From a European Prospective Cohort Study (The IBD in EPIC Study). American Journal of Gastroenterology, 108(4), 575-82. https://doi.org/10.1038/ajg.2012.453
Ferrari, P., Freisling, H., Duell, E. J., Kaaks, R., Lujan-Barroso, L., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Nailler, L., Polidoro, S., Mattiello, A., Palli, D., Tumino, R., Grioni, S., Knüppel, S., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A. V., Overvad, K., Orfanos, P., Katsoulis, M. ... Slimani, N. (2013). Challenges in estimating the validity of dietary acrylamide measurements. European Journal of Nutrition, 52(5), 1503-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-012-0457-7
Murphy, N., Norat, T., Ferrari, P., Jenab, M., Bueno-de-Mesquita, B., Skeie, G., Olsen, A. V., Tjønneland, A., Dahm, C. C., Overvad, K., Boutron-Ruault, M. C., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Nailler, L., Kaaks, R., Teucher, B., Boeing, H., Bergmann, M. M., Trichopoulou, A., Lagiou, P. ... Riboli, E. (2013). Consumption of Dairy Products and Colorectal Cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). PLOS ONE, 8(9), e72715. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0072715
