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., Nicolas, G., Freisling, H., Biessy, C., Scalbert, A., Romieu, I., Chajès, V., Chuang, S.-C., Ericson, U., Wallström, P., Ros, M. M., Peeters, P. H. M., Mattiello, A., Palli, D., María Huerta, J., Amiano, P., Halkjær, J., Dahm, C. C., Trichopoulou, A. ... Slimani, N. (2012). Comparison of standardised dietary folate intake across ten countries participating in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. British Journal of Nutrition, 108(3), 552-69. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114511005733
Andersen, V., Olsen, A., Carbonnel, F., Tjønneland, A. & Vogel, U. (2012). Diet and risk of inflammatory bowel disease. Digestive and Liver Disease, 44(3), 185-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dld.2011.10.001
Murphy, N., Norat, T., Ferrari, P., Jenab, M., Bueno-de-Mesquita, B., Skeie, G., Dahm, C. C., Overvad, K., Olsen, A. V., Tjønneland, A., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Boutron-Ruault, M. C., Racine, A., Kaaks, R., Teucher, B., Boeing, H., Bergmann, M. M., Trichopoulou, A., Trichopoulos, D. ... Riboli, E. (2012). Dietary Fibre Intake and Risks of Cancers of the Colon and Rectum in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). P L o S One, 7(6), e39361. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0039361
Romieu, I., Ferrari, P., Rinaldi, S., Slimani, N., Jenab, M., Olsen, A. V., Tjonneland, A., Overvad, K., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Lajous, M., Kaaks, R., Teucher, B., Boeing, H., Trichopoulou, A., Naska, A., Vasilopoulo, E., Sacerdote, C., Tumino, R., Masala, G. ... Clavel-Chapelon, F. (2012). Dietary glycemic index and glycemic load and breast cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 96(2), 345-55. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.111.026724
Jakszyn, P., Agudo, A., Lujan-Barroso, L., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Jenab, M., Navarro, C., Palli, D., Boeing, H., Manjer, J., Numans, M. E., Igali, L., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Morois, S., Grioni, S., Panico, S., Tumino, R., Sacerdote, C., Quirós, J. R. ... González, C. A. (2012). Dietary intake of heme iron and risk of gastric cancer in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EURGAST- EPIC) study. International Journal of Cancer, 130(11), 2654-2663. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.26263
Serafini, M., Jakszyn, P., Luján-Barroso, L., Agudo, A., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., van Duijnhoven, F. J. B., Jenab, M., Navarro, C., Palli, D., Boeing, H., Wallström, P., Regnér, S., Numans, M. E., Carneiro, F., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Morois, S., Grioni, S., Panico, S. ... González, C. A. (2012). Dietary total antioxidant capacity and gastric cancer risk in the european prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition study. International Journal of Cancer, 131(4), E544-54. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.27347
Leufkens, A. M., van Duijnhoven, F. J. B., Boshuizen, H. C., Siersema, P. D., Kunst, A. E., Mouw, T., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Morois, S., Krogh, V., Tumino, R., Panico, S., Polidoro, S., Palli, D., Kaaks, R., Teucher, B. ... Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B. (2012). Educational level and risk of colorectal cancer in EPIC with specific reference to tumor location. International Journal of Cancer, 130(3), 622-630. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.26030
