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
Tikk, K., Sookthai, D., Johnson, T., Rinaldi, S., Romieu, I., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Baglietto, L., Boeing, H., Trichopoulou, A., Lagiou, P., Trichopoulos, D., Palli, D., Pala, V., Tumino, R., Rosso, S., Panico, S. ... Kaaks, R. (2014). Circulating prolactin and breast cancer risk among pre- and postmenopausal women in the EPIC cohort. Annals of Oncology, 25(7). https://doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdu150
Dik, V. K., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Van Oijen, M. G. H., Siersema, P. D., Uiterwaal, C. S. P. M., Van Gils, C. H., Van Duijnhoven, F. J. B., Cauchi, S., Yengo, L., Froguel, P., Overvad, K., Bech, B. H., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A. V., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Racine, A., Fagherazzi, G., Kühn, T., Campa, D. ... Riboli, E. (2014). Coffee and tea consumption, genotype based CYP1A2 and NAT2 activity, and colorectal cancer risk - results from the EPIC cohort study. International Journal of Cancer, 135(2), 401-12. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.28655
Roswall, N., Olsen, A. V., Boll, K., Christensen, J., Halkjær, J., Sørensen, T. I. A., Dahm, C. C., Overvad, K., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Boutron-Ruault, M. C., Cottet, V., Teucher, B., Kaaks, R., Boeing, H., von Ruesten, A., Trichopoulou, A., Oikonomou, E., Vasilopoulou, E., Pala, V. ... Tjønneland, A. (2014). Consumption of predefined 'Nordic' dietary items in ten European countries - an investigation in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort. Public Health Nutrition, 17(12), 2650-9. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980014000159
Obón-Santacana, M., Kaaks, R., Slimani, N., Lujan-Barroso, L., Freisling, H., Ferrari, P., Dossus, L., Chabbert-Buffet, N., Baglietto, L., Fortner, R. T., Boeing, H., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Menéndez, V., Molina-Montes, E., Larrañaga, N., Chirlaque, M.-D., Ardanaz, E. ... Duell, E. J. (2014). Dietary intake of acrylamide and endometrial cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition cohort. B J C, 111(5), 987-997. https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2014.328
Lujan-Barroso, L., González, C. A., Slimani, N., Obón-Santacana, M., Ferrari, P., Freisling, H., Overvad, K., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Racine, A., Katzke, V., Kühn, T., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A. V., Quirós, J. R., Sánchez-Cantalejo, E., Amiano, P., Navarro, C., Barricarte, A. ... Duell, E. J. (2014). Dietary intake of acrylamide and esophageal cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition cohort. Cancer Causes & Control, 25(5), 639-46. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-014-0359-5
Saberi Hosnijeh, F., Peeters, P., Romieu, I., Kelly, R., Riboli, E., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Fagherazzi, G., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Dossus, L., Nieters, A., Teucher, B., Trichopoulou, A., Naska, A., Valanou, E., Mattiello, A., Sieri, S., Parr, C. L., Engeset, D. ... Vermeulen, R. (2014). Dietary intakes and risk of lymphoid and myeloid leukemia in the european prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC). Nutrition and Cancer, 66(1), 14-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/01635581.2014.847471
Pot, G. K., Stephen, A. M., Dahm, C. C., Key, T. J., Cairns, B. J., Burley, V. J., Cade, J. E., Greenwood, D. C., Keogh, R. H., Bhaniani, A., McTaggart, A., Lentjes, M. A. H., Mishra, G., Brunner, E. J. & Khaw, K. T. (2014). Dietary patterns derived with multiple methods from food diaries and breast cancer risk in the UK Dietary Cohort Consortium. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 68, 1353–1358. https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2014.135
