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
Køster, B., Søndergaard, J., Nielsen, J. B., Christensen, K. B., Allen, M., Olsen, A. & Bentzen, J. (2017). Knowledge deficit, attitude and behavior scales association to objective measures of sun exposure and sunburn in a Danish population based sample. PLOS ONE, 12(5), Article e0178190. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178190
Roswall, N., Raaschou-Nielsen, O., Ketzel, M., Gammelmark, A., Overvad, K., Olsen, A. V. & Sørensen, M. (2017). Long-term residential road traffic noise and NO2 exposure in relation to risk of incident myocardial infarction – A Danish cohort study. Environmental Research, 156, 80–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2017.03.019
Ward, H. A., Wark, P. A., Muller, D. C., Steffen, A., Johansson, M., Norat, T., Gunter, M. J., Overvad, K., Dahm, C. C., Halkjær, J., Tjønneland, A., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Fagherazzi, G., Mesrine, S., Brennan, P., Freisling, H., Li, K., Kaaks, R., Trichopoulou, A. ... Riboli, E. (2017). Measured adiposity in relation to head and neck cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 26(6), 895-204. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-16-0886
Aleksandrova, K., Schlesinger, S., Fedirko, V., Jenab, M., Bueno-de-Mesquita, B., Freisling, H., Romieu, I., Pischon, T., Kaaks, R., Gunter, M. J., Dahm, C. C., Overvad, K., Rostgaard-Hansen, A. L., Tjønneland, A., Trichopoulou, A., Bamia, C., Lagiou, P., Agnoli, C., Mattiello, A. ... Boeing, H. (2017). Metabolic Mediators of the Association Between Adult Weight Gain and Colorectal Cancer: Data From the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) Cohort. American Journal of Epidemiology, 185(9), 751-764. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kww194
Bergmann, M. M., Hernandez, V., Bernigau, W., Boeing, H., Chan, S. S. M., Luben, R., Khaw, K.-T., van Schaik, F., Oldenburg, B., Bueno-de-Mesquita, B., Overvad, K., Palli, D., Masala, G., Carbonnel, F., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Olsen, A., Tjonneland, A., Kaaks, R., Katzke, V. ... Hart, A. R. (2017). No association of alcohol use and the risk of ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease: data from a European Prospective cohort study (EPIC). European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 71(4), 512-518. https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2016.271
Fortner, R. T., Sarink, D., Schock, H., Johnson, T., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Affret, A., His, M., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Boeing, H., Trichopoulou, A., Naska, A., Orfanos, P., Palli, D., Sieri, S., Mattiello, A., Tumino, R., Ricceri, F. ... Kaaks, R. (2017). Osteoprotegerin and breast cancer risk by hormone receptor subtype: a nested case-control study in the EPIC cohort. BMC Medicine, 15(1), 26. Article 26. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0786-8
Aleksandrova, K., Jenab, M., Leitzmann, M., Bueno-de-Mesquita, B., Kaaks, R., Trichopoulou, A., Bamia, C., Lagiou, P., Rinaldi, S., Freisling, H., Carayol, M., Pischon, T., Drogan, D., Weiderpass, E., Jakszyn, P., Overvad, K., Dahm, C. C., Tjønneland, A., Bouton-Ruault, M.-C. ... Boeing, H. (2017). Physical activity, mediating factors and risk of colon cancer: insights into adiposity and circulating biomarkers from the EPIC cohort. International Journal of Epidemiology, 46(6), 1823-1835. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyx174
