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
Nimptsch, K., Aleksandrova, K., Boeing, H., Janke, J., Lee, Y.-A., Jenab, M., Yeon Kong, S., Tsilidis, K. K., Weiderpass, E., Bueno-De-Mesquita, B. H., Siersema, P. D., Jansen, E. H. J. M., Trichopoulou, A., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Wu, C., Overvad, K., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Racine, A. ... Pischon, T. (2015). Plasma Fetuin-A concentration, genetic variation in the AHSG gene and risk of colorectal cancer. International Journal of Cancer, 137(4), 911-20. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.29448
Romaguera, D., Ward, H., Wark, P. A., Vergnaud, A.-C., Peeters, P. H., van Gils, C. H., Ferrari, P., Fedirko, V., Jenab, M., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Dossus, L., Dartois, L., Hansen, C. P., Dahm, C. C., Buckland, G., Sánchez, M. J., Dorronsoro, M., Navarro, C., Barricarte, A. ... Norat, T. (2015). Pre-diagnostic concordance with the WCRF/AICR guidelines and survival in European colorectal cancer patients: a cohort study. B M C Medicine, 13(1), 107. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-015-0332-5
Kyrø, C., Zamora-Ros, R., Scalbert, A., Tjønneland, A., Dossus, L., Johansen, C., Bidstrup, P. E., Weiderpass, E., Christensen, J., Ward, H., Aune, D., Riboli, E., His, M., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Baglietto, L., Katzke, V., Kühn, T., Boeing, H., Floegel, A. ... Romieu, I. (2015). Pre-diagnostic polyphenol intake and breast cancer survival: the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 154(2), 389-401. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-015-3595-9
Merritt, M. A., Riboli, E., Murphy, N., Kadi, M., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Dossus, L., Dartois, L., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Fortner, R. T., Katzke, V. A., Boeing, H., Trichopoulou, A., Lagiou, P., Trichopoulos, D., Palli, D., Sieri, S., Tumino, R. ... Gunter, M. J. (2015). Reproductive factors and risk of mortality in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition; a cohort study. B M C Medicine, 13, 252. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-015-0484-3
Roswall, N., Høgh, V., Envold-Bidstrup, P., Raaschou-Nielsen, O., Ketzel, M., Overvad, K., Olsen, A. & Sørensen, M. (2015). Residential exposure to traffic noise and health-related quality of life: a population-based study. PLOS ONE, 10(3), Article e0120199. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120199
Ricceri, F., Fasanelli, F., Giraudo, M. T., Sieri, S., Tumino, R., Mattiello, A., Vagliano, L., Masala, G., Quirós, J. R., Travier, N., Sánchez, M.-J., Larranaga, N., Chirlaque, M.-D., Ardanaz, E., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Chang-Claude, J., Kaaks, R. ... Sacerdote, C. (2015). Risk of second primary malignancies in women with breast cancer: Results from the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC). International Journal of Cancer, 137(4), 940-8. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.29462
Leenders, M., Siersema, P. D., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Bastide, N., Fagherazzi, G., Katzke, V., Kühn, T., Boeing, H., Aleksandrova, K., Trichopoulou, A., Lagiou, P., Klinaki, E., Masala, G., Grioni, S., De Magistris, M. S., Tumino, R. ... Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B. (2015). Subtypes of fruit and vegetables, variety in consumption and risk of colon and rectal cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. International Journal of Cancer, 137(11), 2705-2714. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.29640
