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
Guida, F., Tan, V. Y., Corbin, L. J., Smith-Byrne, K., Alcala, K., Langenberg, C., Stewart, I. D., Butterworth, A. S., Surendran, P., Achaintre, D., Adamski, J., Amiano Exezarreta, P., Bergmann, M. M., Bull, C. J., Dahm, C. C., Gicquiau, A., Giles, G. G., Gunter, M. J., Haller, T. ... Johansson, M. (2021). The blood metabolome of incident kidney cancer: A case-control study nested within the MetKid consortium. PLOS Medicine, 18(9), Article e1003786. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003786
Rasmussen, L., Knorr, S., Antoniussen, C. S., Bruun, J. M., Ovesen, P. G., Fuglsang, J. & Kampmann, U. (2021). The impact of lifestyle, diet and physical activity on epigenetic changes in the offspring—a systematic review. Nutrients, 13(8), Article 2821. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13082821
Outzen, M., Tjønneland, A., Hughes, D. J., Jenab, M., Frederiksen, K., Schomburg, L., Morris, S., Overvad, K. & Olsen, A. (2021). Toenail selenium, plasma selenoprotein P and risk of advanced prostate cancer: a nested case-control study. International Journal of Cancer, 148(4), 876-883. Article 33267. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.33267
Stroomberg, H. V., Vojdeman, F. J., Madsen, C. M., Helgstrand, J. T., Schwarz, P., Heegaard, A.-M., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Struer Lind, B., Brasso, K., Jørgensen, H. L. & Røder, M. A. (2021). Vitamin D levels and the risk of prostate cancer and prostate cancer mortality. Acta Oncologica, 60(3), 316-322. https://doi.org/10.1080/0284186X.2020.1837391
Schacht, S. R., Olsen, A., Dragsted, L. O., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A. & Kyrø, C. (2021). Whole-Grain Intake and Pancreatic Cancer Risk-The Danish, Diet, Cancer and Health Cohort. The Journal of Nutrition, 151(3), 666-674. https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxaa385
Christakoudi, S., Tsilidis, K. K., Muller, D. C., Freisling, H., Weiderpass, E., Overvad, K., Söderberg, S., Häggström, C., Pischon, T., Dahm, C. C., Zhang, J., Tjønneland, A., Halkjær, J., MacDonald, C., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Mancini, F. R., Kühn, T., Kaaks, R., Schulze, M. B. ... Riboli, E. (2020). A Body Shape Index (ABSI) achieves better mortality risk stratification than alternative indices of abdominal obesity: results from a large European cohort. Scientific Reports, 10(1), Article 14541. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-71302-5
Wedekind, R., Kiss, A., Keski-Rahkonen, P., Viallon, V., Rothwell, J. A., Cross, A. J., Rostgaard-Hansen, A. L., Sandanger, T. M., Jakszyn, P., Schmidt, J. A., Pala, V., Vermeulen, R., Schulze, M. B., Kühn, T., Johnson, T., Trichopoulou, A., Peppa, E., La Vechia, C., Masala, G. ... Scalbert, A. (2020). A metabolomic study of red and processed meat intake and acylcarnitine concentrations in human urine and blood. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 112(2), 381-388. Article nqaa140. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqaa140
