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
Biskup, I., Kyrø, C., Marklund, M., Olsen, A., van Dam, R. M., Tjønneland, A., Overvad, K., Lindahl, B., Johansson, I. & Landberg, R. (2016). Plasma alkylresorcinols, biomarkers of whole-grain wheat and rye intake, and risk of type 2 diabetes in Scandinavian men and women. International Journal of Cancer, 104(1), 88-96. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.116.133496
Bakker, M. F., Peeters, P. HM., Klaasen, V. M., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Jansen, E. HJM., Ros, M. M., Travier, N., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Overvad, K., Rinaldi, S., Romieu, I., Brennan, P., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Perquier, F., Cadeau, C., Boeing, H., Aleksandrova, K., Kaaks, R. ... van Gils, C. H. (2016). Plasma carotenoids, vitamin C, tocopherols, and retinol and the risk of breast cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition cohort. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 103(2), 454-64. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.114.101659
Ward, H. A., Norat, T., Overvad, K., Dahm, C. C., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Jenab, M., Fedirko, V., van Duijnhoven, F. J. B., Skeie, G., Romaguera-Bosch, D., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Carbonnel, F., Affret, A., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Katzke, V., Kühn, T., Aleksandrova, K., Boeing, H. ... Riboli, E. (2016). Pre-diagnostic meat and fibre intakes in relation to colorectal cancer survival in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. International Journal of Cancer, 116(2), 316-25. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114516001859
Hughes, D. J., Duarte-Salles, T., Hybsier, S., Trichopoulou, A., Stepien, M., Aleksandrova, K., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Affret, A., Fagherazzi, G., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Katzke, V., Kaaks, R., Boeing, H., Bamia, C., Lagiou, P., Peppa, E., Palli, D. ... Jenab, M. (2016). Prediagnostic selenium status and hepatobiliary cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition cohort. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 104(2), 406-14. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.116.131672
Ordóñez-Mena, J. M., Schöttker, B., Fedirko, V., Jenab, M., Olsen, A., Halkjær, J., Kampman, E., de Groot, L., Jansen, E., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Peeters, P. H., Siganos, G., Wilsgaard, T., Perna, L., Holleczek, B., Pettersson-Kymmer, U., Orfanos, P., Trichopoulou, A., Boffetta, P. & Brenner, H. (2016). Pre-diagnostic vitamin D concentrations and cancer risks in older individuals: an analysis of cohorts participating in the CHANCES consortium. European Journal of Epidemiology, 31(3), 311-23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-015-0040-7
Stepien, M., Fedirko, V., Duarte-Salles, T., Ferrari, P., Freisling, H., Trepo, E., Trichopoulou, A., Bamia, C., Weiderpass, E., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Overvad, K., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Fagherazzi, G., Racine, A., Kühn, T., Kaaks, R., Aleksandrova, K., Boeing, H. ... Jenab, M. (2016). Prospective association of liver function biomarkers with development of hepatobiliary cancers. Cancer epidemiology, 40, 179-187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2016.01.002
Biskup, I., Kyrø, C., Marklund, M., Olsen, A., van Dam, R. M., Tjønneland, A., Lindahl, B., Johansson, I. & Landberg, R. (2016). Reply to A Abbasi. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 104(6), 1725-1726. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.116.140756
