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
Ibsen, D. B. (2020). Replacing red meat with other food sources of protein on risk of type 2 diabetes. [PhD thesis, Aarhus University].
Lyskjær, L., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A. & Dahm, C. C. (2020). Substitutions of Oatmeal and Breakfast Food Alternatives and the Rate of Stroke. Stroke, 51(1), 75-81. https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.119.024977
Zheng, J.-S., Luan, J., Sofianopoulou, E., Sharp, S. J., Day, F. R., Imamura, F., Gundersen, T. E., Lotta, L. A., Sluijs, I., Stewart, I. D., Shah, R. L., van der Schouw, Y. T., Wheeler, E., Ardanaz, E., Boeing, H., Dorronsoro, M., Dahm, C. C., Dimou, N., El-Fatouhi, D. ... Wareham, N. J. (2020). The association between circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D metabolites and type 2 diabetes in European populations: A meta-analysis and Mendelian randomisation analysis. PLOS Medicine, 17(10), Article e1003394. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003394
Tong, T. Y. N., Appleby, P. N., Key, T. J., Dahm, C. C., Overvad, K., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Katzke, V., Kühn, T., Boeing, H., Karakatsani, A., Peppa, E., Trichopoulou, A., Weiderpass, E., Masala, G., Grioni, S., Panico, S., Tumino, R., Boer, J. M. A. ... Perez-Cornago, A. (2020). The associations of major foods and fibre with risks of ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke: a prospective study of 418 329 participants in the EPIC cohort across nine European countries. European Heart Journal, 41(28), 2632-2640. Article ehaa007. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa007
Fortner, R. T., Hüsing, A., Dossus, L., Tjønneland, A., Overvad, K., Dahm, C. C., Arveux, P., Fournier, A., Kvaskoff, M., Schulze, M. B., Bergmann, M., Trichopoulou, A., Karakatsani, A., La Vecchia, C., Masala, G., Pala, V., Mattiello, A., Tumino, R., Ricceri, F. ... Kaaks, R. (2020). Theoretical potential for endometrial cancer prevention through primary risk factor modification: Estimates from the EPIC cohort. International Journal of Cancer, 147(5), 1325-1333. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.32901
Travis, R. C., Perez-Cornago, A., Appleby, P. N., Albanes, D., Joshu, C. E., Lutsey, P. L., Mondul, A. M., Platz, E. A., Weinstein, S. J., Layne, T. M., Helzlsouer, K. J., Visvanathan, K., Palli, D., Peeters, P. H., Bueno-de-Mesquita, B., Trichopoulou, A., Gunter, M. J., Tsilidis, K. K., Sánchez, M.-J. ... Allen, N. E. (2019). A Collaborative Analysis of Individual Participant Data from 19 Prospective Studies Assesses Circulating Vitamin D and Prostate Cancer Risk. Cancer Research, 79(1), 274-285. https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-18-2318
Solans, M., Benavente, Y., Saez, M., Agudo, A., Naudin, S., Saberi Hosnijeh, F., Noh, H., Freisling, H., Ferrari, P., Besson, C., Mahamat-Saleh, Y., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Kühn, T., Kaaks, R., Boeing, H., Lasheras, C., Rodríguez-Barranco, M., Amiano, P., Huerta, J. M. ... Casabonne, D. (2019). Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and lymphoma risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. International Journal of Cancer, 145(1), 122-131. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.32091
