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
Park, J. Y., Mitrou, P. N., Dahm, C. C., Luben, R. N., Wareham, N. J., Khaw, K.-T. & Rodwell, S. A. (2009). Baseline alcohol consumption, type of alcoholic beverage and risk of colorectal cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Norfolk study. Cancer epidemiology, 33(5), 347-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2009.10.015
Olsen, A., Halkjaer, J., van Gils, C. H., Buijsse, B., Verhagen, H., Jenab, M., Boutron-Ruault, M. C., Ericson, U., Peeters, P. H. M., Ocké, M. C., Touvier, M., Niravong, M., Waaseth, M., Skeie, G., Khaw, K. T., Travis, R., Ferrari, P., Sanchez, M. J., Agudo, A. ... Bingham, S. (2009). Dietary intake of the water-soluble vitamins B1, B2, B6, B12 and C in 10 countries in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 63 Suppl 4, S122-49. https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2009.78
Rohrmann, S., Linseisen, J., Vrieling, A., Boffetta, P., Stolzenberg-Solomon, R. Z., Lowenfels, A. B., Jensen, M. K., Overvad, K., Olsen, A., Tjonneland, A., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Fagherazzi, G., Misirli, G., Lagiou, P., Trichopoulou, A., Kaaks, R., Bergmann, M. M., Boeing, H. ... Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B. (2009). Ethanol intake and the risk of pancreatic cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). Cancer Causes & Control, 20(5), 785-94. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-008-9293-8
van Duijnhoven, F. J. B., Bueno-De-Mesquita, H. B., Ferrari, P., Jenab, M., Boshuizen, H. C., Ros, M. M., Casagrande, C., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Thorlacius-Ussing, O., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Morois, S., Kaaks, R., Linseisen, J., Boeing, H., Nöthlings, U., Trichopoulou, A. ... Riboli, E. (2009). Fruit, vegetables, and colorectal cancer risk: the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 89(5), 1441-52. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.2008.27120
Halkjaer, J., Olsen, A., Bjerregaard, L. J., Deharveng, G., Tjønneland, A., Welch, A. A., Crowe, F. L., Wirfält, E., Hellstrom, V., Niravong, M., Touvier, M., Linseisen, J., Steffen, A., Ocké, M. C., Peeters, P. H. M., Chirlaque, M. D., Larrañaga, N., Ferrari, P., Contiero, P. ... Bingham, S. (2009). Intake of total, animal and plant proteins, and their food sources in 10 countries in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 63(Suppl 4), S16-36. https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2009.73
Egeberg, R., Olsen, A., Loft, S., Christensen, J., Johnsen, N. F., Overvad, K. & Tjønneland, A. (2009). Intake of whole grain products and risk of breast cancer by hormone receptor status and histology among postmenopausal women. International Journal of Cancer, 124(3), 745-50. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.23992
Egeberg, R., Frederiksen, K., Olsen, A., Johnsen, N. F., Loft, S., Overvad, K. & Tjønneland, A. (2009). Intake of wholegrain products is associated with dietary, lifestyle, anthropometric and socio-economic factors in Denmark. Public Health Nutrition, 6, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980008004576
