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
Ibsen, D. B., Mogensen, L., Corredig, M. & Dahm, C. C. (2021). Legumes in a sustainable healthy diet: (How) to be or not to be, that is the question. Abstract from Creative Tastebuds 2021 - How do we eat for both pleasure and planet?. https://creativetastebuds.dk/contributions-ct2021/abstract-for-opinion-paper-legumes-in-a-sustainable-healthy-diet-how-to-be-or-not-to-be-that-is-the-question/
Ellingjord-Dale, M., Christakoudi, S., Weiderpass, E., Panico, S., Dossus, L., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Kaaks, R., Schulze, M. B., Masala, G., Gram, I. T., Skeie, G., Rosendahl, A. H., Sund, M., Key, T., Ferrari, P., Gunter, M., Heath, A. K., Tsilidis, K. K. ... Additional Authors (2021). Long-term weight change and risk of breast cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study. International Journal of Epidemiology, 50(6), 1914-1926. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyab032
Stepien, M., Keski-Rahkonen, P., Kiss, A., Robinot, N., Duarte-Salles, T., Murphy, N., Perlemuter, G., Viallon, V., Tjønneland, A., Rostgaard-Hansen, A. L., Dahm, C. C., Overvad, K., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Mancini, F. R., Mahamat-Saleh, Y., Aleksandrova, K., Kaaks, R., Kühn, T., Trichopoulou, A. ... Jenab, M. (2021). Metabolic perturbations prior to hepatocellular carcinoma diagnosis: Findings from a prospective observational cohort study. International Journal of Cancer, 148(3), 609-625. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.33236
Ibsen, D. B., Søgaard, K., Sørensen, L. H., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Overvad, K. & Dahm, C. C. (2021). Modifiable Lifestyle Recommendations and Mortality in Denmark: A Cohort Study. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 60(6), 792-801. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2021.01.003
Hermansen, K., Andersen, S. S., Damsgaard, C. T., Dragsted, L. O., Holm, L., Olsen, A. V., Tetens, I. & Tjønneland, A. (2021). Nordisk kost, sundhed og sygdom - Sammenholdt med Middelhavskost. Vidensråd for Forebyggelse. http://www.vidensraad.dk/sites/default/files/nordisk_kost_sundhed_og_sygdom_vidensraad_for_forebyggelse_0.pdf
Loftfield, E., Stepien, M., Viallon, V., Trijsburg, L., Rothwell, J. A., Robinot, N., Biessy, C., Bergdahl, I. A., Bodén, S., Schulze, M. B., Bergman, M., Weiderpass, E., Schmidt, J. A., Zamora-Ros, R., Nøst, T. H., Sandanger, T. M., Sonestedt, E., Ohlsson, B., Katzke, V. ... Ferrari, P. (2021). Novel Biomarkers of Habitual Alcohol Intake and Associations with Risk of Pancreatic and Liver Cancers and Liver Disease Mortality. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 113(11), 1542-1550. https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djab078
Aglago, E. K., Schalkwijk, C. G., Freisling, H., Fedirko, V., Hughes, D. J., Jiao, L., Dahm, C. C., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Katzke, V., Johnson, T., Schulze, M. B., Aleksandrova, K., Masala, G., Sieri, S., Simeon, V., Tumino, R., Macciotta, A., Bueno-de-Mesquita, B. ... Jenab, M. (2021). Plasma concentrations of advanced glycation end-products and colorectal cancer risk in the EPIC study. Carcinogenesis, 42(5), 705-713. Article bgab026. https://doi.org/10.1093/carcin/bgab026
