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
Cust, A. E., Skilton, M. R., van Bakel, M. M. E., Halkjær, J., Olsen, A., Agnoli, C., Psaltopoulou, T., Buurma, E., Sonestedt, E., Chirlaque, M. D., Rinaldi, S., Tjønneland, A., Jensen, M. K., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Boutron-Ruault, M. C., Kaaks, R., Nöthlings, U., Chloptsios, Y., Zylis, D. ... Slimani, N. (2009). Total dietary carbohydrate, sugar, starch and fibre intakes in the european prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 63, S37-S60. https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2009.74
Jenab, M., McKay, J., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., van Duijnhoven, F. J. B., Ferrari, P., Slimani, N., Jansen, E. H. J. M., Pischon, T., Rinaldi, S., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Engel, P., Kaaks, R., Linseisen, J., Boeing, H., Fisher, E. ... Riboli, E. (2009). Vitamin D receptor and calcium sensing receptor polymorphisms and the risk of colorectal cancer in European populations. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 18(9), 2485-91. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-09-0319
Olesen, P. T., Olsen, A., Frandsen, H., Frederiksen, K., Overvad, K. & Tjønneland, A. (2008). Acrylamide exposure and incidence of breast cancer among postmenopausal women in the Danish Diet, Cancer and Health Study. International Journal of Cancer, 122(9), 2094-100. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.23359
Jenab, M., McKay, J. D., Ferrari, P., Biessy, C., Laing, S., Munar, G. M. C., Sala, N., Peña, S., Crusius, J. B. A., Overvad, K., Jensen, M. K., Olsen, A., Tjonneland, A., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Kaaks, R., Linseisen, J., Boeing, H., Bergmann, M. M. ... Gonzalez, C. (2008). CDH1 gene polymorphisms, smoking, Helicobacter pylori infection and the risk of gastric cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC-EURGAST). European Journal of Cancer, 44(6), 774-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2008.02.003
Sieri, S., Krogh, V., Ferrari, P., Berrino, F., Pala, V., Thiébaut, A. C. M., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Jakobsen, M. U., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Chajes, V., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Kaaks, R., Linseisen, J., Boeing, H., Nöthlings, U., Trichopoulou, A., Naska, A. ... Riboli, E. (2008). Dietary fat and breast cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 88(5), 1304-12.
Hart, A. R., Luben, R., Olsen, A., Tjonneland, A., Linseisen, J., Nagel, G., Berglund, G., Lindgren, S., Grip, O., Key, T., Appleby, P., Bergmann, M. M., Boeing, H., Hallmans, G., Danielsson, A., Palmqvist, R., Sjodin, H., Hagglund, G., Overvad, K. ... Bingham, S. (2008). Diet in the aetiology of ulcerative colitis: a European prospective cohort study. Digestion, 77(1), 57-64. https://doi.org/10.1159/000121412
Allen, N. E., Key, T. J., Dossus, L., Rinaldi, S., Cust, A., Lukanova, A., Peeters, P. H., Onland-Moret, N. C., Lahmann, P. H., Berrino, F., Panico, S., Larrañaga, N., Pera, G., Tormo, M.-J., Sánchez, M.-J., Ramón Quirós, J., Ardanaz, E., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A. ... Kaaks, R. (2008). Endogenous sex hormones and endometrial cancer risk in women in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). Endocrine - Related Cancer, 15(2), 485-497. https://doi.org/10.1677/ERC-07-0064
