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

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Watts, E. L., Perez-Cornago, A., Fensom, G. K., Smith-Byrne, K., Noor, U., Andrews, C. D., Gunter, M. J., Holmes, M. V., Martin, R. M., Tsilidis, K. K., Albanes, D., Barricarte, A., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Cohn, B. A., Deschasaux-Tanguy, M., Dimou, N. L., Ferrucci, L., Flicker, L., Freedman, N. D. ... Travis, R. C. (2023). Circulating insulin-like growth factors and risks of overall, aggressive and early-onset prostate cancer: a collaborative analysis of 20 prospective studies and Mendelian randomization analysis. International Journal of Epidemiology, 52(1), 71-86. Article dyac124. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyac124

Huybrechts, I., Rauber, F., Nicolas, G., Casagrande, C., Kliemann, N., Wedekind, R., Biessy, C., Scalbert, A., Touvier, M., Aleksandrova, K., Jakszyn, P., Skeie, G., Bajracharya, R., Boer, J. M. A., Borné, Y., Chajes, V., Dahm, C. C., Dansero, L., Guevara, M. ... Levy, R. B. (2023). Corrigendum: Characterization of the degree of food processing in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition: application of the Nova classification and validation using selected biomarkers of food processing. Frontiers in nutrition, 10, Article 1207555. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2023.1207555

Aglago, E. K., Cross, A. J., Riboli, E., Fedirko, V., Hughes, D. J., Fournier, A., Jakszyn, P., Freisling, H., Gunter, M. J., Dahm, C. C., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A., Kyrø, C., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Rothwell, J. A., Severi, G., Katzke, V., Srour, B., Schulze, M. B. ... Jenab, M. (2023). Dietary intake of total, heme and non-heme iron and the risk of colorectal cancer in a European prospective cohort study. British Journal of Cancer, 128(8), 1529-1540. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-023-02164-7

Castro-Espin, C., Bonet, C., Crous-Bou, M., Katzke, V., Le Cornet, C., Jannasch, F., Schulze, M. B., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Dahm, C. C., Antoniussen, C. S., Sánchez, M. J., Amiano, P., Chirlaque, M. D., Guevara, M., Agnoli, C., Tumino, R., Sacerdote, C., De Magistris, M. S. ... Agudo, A. (2023). Dietary patterns related to biological mechanisms and survival after breast cancer diagnosis: results from a cohort study. British Journal of Cancer, 128(7), 1301-1310. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-023-02169-2

Howe, L. J., Rasheed, H., Jones, P. R., Boomsma, D. I., Evans, D. M., Giannelis, A., Hayward, C., Hopper, J. L., Hughes, A., Lahtinen, H., Li, S., Lind, P. A., Martin, N. G., Martikainen, P., Medland, S. E., Morris, T. T., Nivard, M. G., Pingault, J.-B., Silventoinen, K. ... Dahm, C. C. (2023). Educational attainment, health outcomes and mortality: a within-sibship Mendelian randomization study. International Journal of Epidemiology, 52(5), 1579–1591. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyad079