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
Kyrø, C., Skeie, G., Loft, S., Landberg, R., Christensen, J., Lund, E., Nilsson, L. M., Palmqvist, R., Tjønneland, A. & Olsen, A. (2013). Intake of whole grains from different cereal and food sources and incidence of colorectal cancer in the Scandinavian HELGA cohort. Cancer Causes & Control, 24(7), 1363-1374. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-013-0215-z
Michaud, D. S., Izard, J., Rubin, Z., Johansson, I., Weiderpass, E., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Boutron-Ruault, M. C., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Dossus, L., Kaaks, R., Katzke, V. A., Boeing, H., Foerster, J., Trichopoulou, A., Naska, A., Ziara, G., Vineis, P. ... Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B. (2013). Lifestyle, dietary factors, and antibody levels to oral bacteria in cancer-free participants of a European cohort study. Cancer Causes & Control, 24(11), 1901-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-013-0265-2
Bamia, C., Lagiou, P., Buckland, G., Grioni, S., Agnoli, C., Taylor, A. J., Dahm, C. C., Overvad, K., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Cottet, V., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Morois, S., Grote, V., Teucher, B., Boeing, H., Buijsse, B., Trichopoulos, D., Adarakis, G. ... Trichopoulou, A. (2013). Mediterranean diet and colorectal cancer risk: results from a European cohort. European Journal of Epidemiology, 28(4), 317-28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-013-9795-x
Roswall, N., Larsen, S. B., Friis, S., Outzen, M., Olsen, A., Christensen, J., Dragsted, L. O. & Tjønneland, A. (2013). Micronutrient intake and risk of prostate cancer in a cohort of middle-Aged, Danish men. Cancer Causes & Control, 24(6), 1129-1135. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-013-0190-4
Kühn, T., Kaaks, R., Becker, S., Eomois, P.-P., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Kvaskoff, M., Dossus, L., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A. V., Overvad, K., Chang-Claude, J., Lukanova, A., Buijsse, B., Boeing, H., Trichopoulou, A., Lagiou, P., Bamia, C., Masala, G., Krogh, V. ... Linseisen, J. (2013). Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D and the risk of breast cancer in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition: A nested case-control study. International Journal of Cancer, 1689-700. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.28172
Michaud, D. S., Izard, J., Wilhelm-Benartzi, C. S., You, D.-H., Grote, V. A., Tjønneland, A., Dahm, C. C., Overvad, K., Jenab, M., Fedirko, V., Boutron-Ruault, M. C., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Racine, A., Kaaks, R., Boeing, H., Foerster, J., Trichopoulou, A., Lagiou, P., Trichopoulos, D. ... Riboli, E. (2013). Plasma antibodies to oral bacteria and risk of pancreatic cancer in a large European prospective cohort study. Gut, 62(12), 1764-70. https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2012-303006
Aarestrup, J., Kyrø, C., Knudsen, K. E. B., Weiderpass, E., Christensen, J., Kristensen, M., Würtz, A. M. L., Johnsen, N. F., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A. & Olsen, A. (2013). Plasma enterolactone and incidence of endometrial cancer in a case-cohort study of Danish women. British Journal of Nutrition, 109(12), 2269-75. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114512004424
