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
Rohrmann, S., Linseisen, J., Boshuizen, HC., Whittaker, J., Agudo, A., Vineis, P., Boffetta, P., Jensen, MK., Olsen, A. V., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Bergmann, MM., Boeing, H., Allen, N., Key, T., Bingham, S., Khaw, K.-T. ... Riboli, E. (2006). Ethanol intake and the risk of lung cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). American Journal of Epidemiology, 164, 1103-14.
Tjønneland, A., Christensen, J., Olsen, A. V., Stripp, C., Nissen, SB., Overvad, K. & Thomsen, BL. (2006). Folate intake, alcohol and risk of breast cancer among postmenopausal women in Denmark. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 60, 280-6.
Weikert, S., Boeing, H., Pischon, T., Olsen, A. V., Tjønneland, A., Overvad, K., Becker, N., Linseisen, J., Lahmann, PH., Arvaniti, A., Kassapa, C., Trichopoulou, A., Sieri, S., Tumino, R., Vineis, P., Panico, S., van Gils, CH., Peeters, PH., Bueno-de-Mesquita, HB. ... Riboli, E. (2006). Fruits and vegetables and renal cell carcinoma: Findings from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). International Journal of Cancer, 118, 3133-9.
Rinaldi, S., Peeters, PH., Berrino, F., Dossus, L., Biessy, C., Olsen, A. V., Tjønneland, A., Overvad, K., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Boutron-Ruault, MC., Tehard, B., Nagel, G., Linseisen, J., Boeing, H., Lahmann, PH., Trichopoulou, A., Trichopoulos, D., Koliva, M., Palli, D. ... Kaags, R. (2006). IGF-I, IGFBP-3 and breast cancer risk in women: The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). Endocr Relat Cancer, 13, 593-605.
Boeing, H., Dietrich, T., Hoffmann, K., Pischon, T., Ferrari, P., Lahmann, PH., Boutron-Ruault, MC., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Allen, N., Key, T., Skeie, G., Lund, E., Olsen, A. V., Tjønneland, A., Overvad, K., Jensen, MK., Rohrmann, S., Linseisen, J., Trichopoulou, A. ... Riboli, E. (2006). Intake of fruits and vegetables and risk of cancer of the upper aero-digestive tract: the prospective EPIC-study. Cancer Causes & Control, 17, 957-69.
Gonzalez, CA., Jakszyn, P., Pera, G., Agudo, A., Bingham, S., Palli, D., Ferrari, P., Boeing, H., del Giudice, G., Plebani, M., Carneiro, F., Nesi, G., Berrino, F., Sacerdote, C., Tumino, R., Panico, S., Berglund, G., Siman, H., Nyren, O. ... Riboli, E. (2006). Meat intake and risk of stomach and esophageal adenocarcinoma within the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 98, 345-54.
Agudo, A., Sala, N., Pera, G., Capella, G., Berenguer, A., Garcia, N., Palli, D., Boeing, H., Del Giudice, G., Saieva, C., Carneiro, F., Berrino, F., Sacerdote, C., Tumino, R., Panico, S., Berglund, G., Siman, H., Stenling, R., Hallmans, G. ... Gonzalez, CA. (2006). No association between polymorphisms in CYP2E1, GSTM1, NAT1, NAT2 and the risk of gastric adenocarcinoma in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. , 15, 1043-5.
