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
Aarestrup, J., Kyrø, C., Christensen, J., Kristensen, M., Lund Würtz, A. M., Johnsen, N. F., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A. & Olsen, A. (2012). Whole grain, dietary fiber, and incidence of endometrial cancer in a danish cohort study. Nutrition and Cancer, 64(8), 1160-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/01635581.2012.723786
Dahm, C. C., Gorst-Rasmussen, A., Jakobsen, M. U., Schmidt, E. B., Tjønneland, A., Sørensen, T. I. A. & Overvad, K. (2011). Adipose tissue Fatty Acid patterns and changes in anthropometry: a cohort study. P L o S One, 6(7), e22587. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022587
Schütze, M., Boeing, H., Pischon, T., Rehm, J., Kehoe, T., Gmel, G., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A. M., Dahm, C. C., Overvad, K., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Trichopoulou, A., Benetou, V., Zylis, D., Kaaks, R., Rohrmann, S., Palli, D., Berrino, F. ... Bergmann, M. M. (2011). Alcohol attributable burden of incidence of cancer in eight European countries based on results from prospective cohort study. B M J (Clinical Research Edition), 342, d1584. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d1584
Michaud, D. S., Bove, G., Gallo, V., Schlehofer, B., Tjonneland, A. A. M., Olsen, A., Overvad, K. K., Dahm, C. C., Boeing, H., Steffen, A., Trichopoulou, A., Bamia, C., Kyrozis, A., Teucher, B., Sacerdote, C., Agnoli, C., Palli, D., Tumino, R., Mattiello, A. ... Riboli, E. (2011). Anthropometric measures, physical activity and risk of glioma and meningioma in a large prospective cohort study. Cancer Prevention Research, 4(9), 1385-1392. https://doi.org/10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-11-0014
Chan, S. S. M., Luben, R., Bergmann, M. M., Boeing, H., Olsen, A., Tjonneland, A., Overvad, K., Kaaks, R., Kennedy, H., Khaw, K.-T., Riboli, E. & Hart, A. R. (2011). Aspirin in the aetiology of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis: a European prospective cohort study. Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 34(6), 649-655. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2036.2011.04784.x
Chuang, S.-C., Stolzenberg-Solomon, R., Ueland, P. M., Vollset, S. E., Middtun, O., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Overvad, K., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Morois, S., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Teucher, B., Kaaks, R., Weikert, C., Boeing, H., Trichopoulou, A., Benetou, V., Naska, A., Jenab, M. ... Vineis, P. (2011). A U-shaped relationship between plasma folate and pancreatic cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. European Journal of Cancer, 47(12), 1808-1816. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2011.02.007
Leufkens, A. M., Duijnhoven, F. R. E. L. J. B. V. A. N., Siersema, P. D., Boshuizen, H. C., Vrieling, A., Agudo, A., Gram, I. T., Weiderpass, E., Dahm, C., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Morois, S., Palli, D., Grioni, S., Tumino, R., Sacerdote, C. ... Bas-Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. (2011). Cigarette Smoking and Colorectal Cancer Risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition Study. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 9(2), 137-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2010.10.012
