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
Bhoo-Pathy, N., Peeters, P., Uiterwaal, C., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H., Bulgiba, A. M., Bech, B., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Fagherazzi, G., Perquier, F., Teucher, B., Kaaks, R., Schütze, M., Boeing, H., Lagiou, P., Orfanos, P., Trichopoulou, A. ... van Gils, C. H. (2015). Coffee and tea consumption and risk of pre- and postmenopausal breast cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort study. Breast Cancer Research, 17(1), 15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-015-0521-3
Bamia, C., Lagiou, P., Jenab, M., Trichopoulou, A., Fedirko, V., Aleksandrova, K., Pischon, T., Overvad, K., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Boutron-Ruault, M. C., Fagherazzi, G., Racine, A., Kuhn, T., Boeing, H., Floegel, A., Benetou, V., Palli, D., Grioni, S. ... Trichopoulos, D. (2015). Coffee, tea and decaffeinated coffee in relation to hepatocellular carcinoma in a European population: Multicentre, prospective cohort study. International Journal of Cancer, 136(8), 1899-1908. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.29214
Kelly, R. S., Roulland, S., Morgado, E., Sungalee, S., Jouve, N., Tumino, R., Krogh, V., Panico, S., Polidoro, S., Masala, G., Sánchez, M.-J., Chirlaque, M.-D., Sala, N., Gurrea, A. B., Dorronsoro, M., Travis, R. C., Riboli, E., Gunter, M., Murphy, N. ... Vineis, P. (2015). Determinants of the t(14;18) translocation and their role in t(14;18)-positive follicular lymphoma. Cancer Causes & Control, 26(12), 1845-55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-015-0677-2
Tsilidis, K. K., Allen, N. E., Appleby, P. N., Rohrmann, S., Nöthlings, U., Arriola, L., Gunter, M. J., Chajes, V., Rinaldi, S., Romieu, I., Murphy, N., Riboli, E., Tzoulaki, I., Kaaks, R., Lukanova, A., Boeing, H., Pischon, T., Dahm, C. C., Overvad, K. ... Key, T. J. (2015). Diabetes mellitus and risk of prostate cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. International Journal of Cancer, 136(2), 372-81. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.28989
Obón-Santacana, M., Peeters, P. H., Freisling, H., Dossus, L., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Baglietto, L., Schock, H., Fortner, R. T., Boeing, H., Tjonneland, A., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Menéndez, V., Sanchez, M.-J., Larranaga, N., Huerta Castaño, J. M., Barricarte, A., Khaw, K.-T., Wareham, N. ... Duell, E. J. (2015). Dietary intake of acrylamide and epithelial ovarian cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 24(1), 291-7. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-0636
Engeset, D., Hofoss, D., Nilsson, L. M., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A. & Skeie, G. (2015). Dietary patterns and whole grain cereals in the Scandinavian countries - Differences and similarities. The HELGA project. Public Health Nutrition, 18(5), 905-915. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980014001104
Køster, B., Søndergaard, J., Nielsen, J. B., Allen, M., Bjerregaard, M., Olsen, A. & Bentzen, J. (2015). Feasibility of smartphone diaries and personal dosimeters to quantitatively study exposure to ultraviolet radiation in a small national sample. Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine, 31(5), 252-260. https://doi.org/10.1111/phpp.12179
