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
Endogenous Hormones, Nutritional Biomarkers and Prostate Cancer Collaborative Group (Anja Olsen; member) (2016). Selenium and Prostate Cancer: Analysis of Individual Participant Data From Fifteen Prospective Studies. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 108(11), Article djw153. https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djw153
Outzen, M., Tjønneland, A., Larsen, E. H., Friis, S., Larsen, S. B., Christensen, J., Overvad, K. & Olsen, A. (2016). Selenium status and risk of prostate cancer in a Danish population. The British Journal of Nutrition, 115(9), 1669-77. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114516000726
Kong, S. Y., Tran, H. Q., Gewirtz, A. T., McKeown-Eyssen, G., Fedirko, V., Romieu, I., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Bastide, N., Affret, A., Kühn, T., Kaaks, R., Boeing, H., Aleksandrova, K., Trichopoulou, A., Kritikou, M., Vasilopoulou, E. ... Jenab, M. (2016). Serum Endotoxins and Flagellin and Risk of Colorectal Cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) Cohort. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 25(2), 291-301. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-15-0798
Hansen, L., Tjønneland, A., Køster, B., Brot, C., Andersen, R., Lundqvist, M., Christensen, J. & Olsen, A. (2016). Sun Exposure Guidelines and Serum Vitamin D Status in Denmark: The StatusD Study. Nutrients, 8(5), Article E266. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu8050266
Navarrete-Muñoz, E. M., Wark, P. A., Romaguera, D., Bhoo-Pathy, N., Michaud, D., Molina-Montes, E., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Fagherazzi, G., Katzke, V. A., Kühn, T., Steffen, A., Trichopoulou, A., Klinaki, E., Papatesta, E.-M., Masala, G. ... Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B. (2016). Sweet-beverage consumption and risk of pancreatic cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 104(3), 760-768. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.116.130963
Bolvig, A. K., Kyrø, C., Nørskov, N., Eriksen, A. K., Christensen, J., Tjønneland, A., Knudsen, K. E. B. & Olsen, A. V. (2016). Use of antibiotics is associated with lower enterolactone plasma concentration. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, 60(12), 2712-2721. https://doi.org/10.1002/mnfr.201600566
Emaus, M. J., Peeters, P. H., Bakker, M. F., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Romieu, I., Ferrari, P., Dossus, L., Boutron-Ruault, M. C., Baglietto, L., Fortner, R. T., Kaaks, R., Boeing, H., Trichopoulou, A., Lagiou, P., Trichopoulos, D., Masala, G., Pala, V. ... van Gils, C. H. (2016). Vegetable and fruit consumption and the risk of hormone receptor-defined breast cancer in the EPIC cohort. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 103(1), 168-77. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.114.101436
