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
Kyrø, C., Olsen, A. V., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B. A., Skeie, G., Loft, S., Aman, P., Leenders, M., Dik, V. K., Siersema, P. D., Pischon, T., Christensen, J., Overvad, K., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Fagherazzi, G., Cottet, V., Kühn, T., Chang-Claude, J., Boeing, H., Trichopoulou, A. ... Landberg, R. (2014). Plasma alkylresorcinol concentrations, biomarkers of whole-grain wheat and rye intake, in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort. British Journal of Nutrition, 111(10), 1881-90. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114513004388
Kyrø, C., Olsen, A. V., Landberg, R., Skeie, G., Loft, S., Aman, P., Leenders, M., Dik, V. K., Siersema, P. D., Pischon, T., Christensen, J., Overvad, K., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Fagherazzi, G., Cottet, V., Kühn, T., Chang-Claude, J., Boeing, H., Trichopoulou, A. ... Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B. A. (2014). Plasma Alkylresorcinols, Biomarkers of Whole-Grain Wheat and Rye Intake, and Incidence of Colorectal Cancer. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 106(1), djt352. https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djt352
Fedirko, V., Romieu, I., Aleksandrova, K., Pischon, T., Trichopoulos, D., Peeters, P. H., Romaguera-Bosch, D., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Dahm, C. C., Overvad, K., Chirlaque, M.-D., Johansen, C., Bidstrup, P. E. H., Dalton, S. O., Gunter, M. J., Wark, P. A., Norat, T., Halkjaer, J., Tjønneland, A. ... Jenab, M. (2014). Pre-diagnostic Anthropometry and Survival after Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis in Western European Populations. International Journal of Cancer, 135(8), 1949-60. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.28841
Fedirko, V., Duarte-Salles, T., Bamia, C., Trichopoulou, A., Aleksandrova, K., Trichopoulos, D., Trepo, E., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A. V., Overvad, K., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Kvaskoff, M., Kühn, T., Lukanova, A., Boeing, H., Buijsse, B., Klinaki, E., Tsimakidi, C. ... Jenab, M. (2014). Pre-diagnostic circulating vitamin D levels and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in European populations: A nested case-control study. Hepatology, 60(4), 1222-30. https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.27079
Dik, V. K., Murphy, N., Siersema, P. D., Fedirko, V., Jenab, M., Kong, S. Y., Hansen, C. P., Overvad, K., Tjonneland, A., Olsen, A., Dossus, L., Racine, A., Bastide, N., Li, K., Kühn, T., Boeing, H., Aleksandrova, K., Trichopoulou, A., Trichopoulos, D. ... Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B. (2014). Prediagnostic intake of dairy products and dietary calcium and colorectal cancer survival - results from the EPIC cohort study. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 23(9), 1813-23. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-0172
Kaaks, R., Tikk, K., Sookthai, D., Schock, H., Johnson, T., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A. V., Overvad, K., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Dossus, L., Baglietto, L., Rinaldi, S., Chajes, V., Romieu, I., Boeing, H., Schütze, M., Trichopoulou, A., Lagiou, P., Trichopoulos, D. ... Lukanova, A. (2014). Premenopausal serum sex hormone levels in relation to breast cancer risk, overall and by hormone receptor status-Results from the EPIC cohort. International Journal of Cancer, 134(8), 1947-57. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.28528
Tikk, K., Sookthai, D., Johnson, T., Dossus, L., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Baglietto, L., Rinaldi, S., Romieu, I., Boeing, H., Trichopoulou, A., Lagiou, P., Trichopoulos, D., Masala, G., Agnoli, C., Tumino, R., Sacerdote, C. ... Kaaks, R. (2014). Prolactin determinants in healthy women: a large cross-sectional study within the EPIC cohort. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 23(11), 2532-42. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-0613
