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
Duell, E. J., Lujan-Barroso, L., Sala, N., Deitz McElyea, S., Overvad, K., Tjonneland, A., Olsen, A., Weiderpass, E., Busund, L.-T., Moi, L., Muller, D. C., Vineis, P., Aune, D., Matullo, G., Naccarati, A., Panico, S., Tagliabue, G., Tumino, R., Palli, D. ... Korc, M. (2017). Plasma microRNAs as biomarkers of pancreatic cancer risk in a prospective cohort study. International Journal of Cancer, 141(5), 905-915. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.30790
Åsli, L. A., Olsen, A., Braaten, T., Lund, E. & Skeie, G. (2017). Potato Consumption and Risk of Colorectal Cancer in the Norwegian Women and Cancer Cohort. Nutrition and Cancer, 69(4), 564-572. https://doi.org/10.1080/01635581.2017.1295086
Stepien, M., Jenab, M., Freisling, H., Becker, N.-P., Czuban, M., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Mancini, F. R., Savoye, I., Katzke, V., Kühn, T., Boeing, H., Iqbal, K., Trichopoulou, A., Bamia, C., Orfanos, P., Palli, D. ... Hughes, D. J. (2017). Pre-diagnostic copper and zinc biomarkers and colorectal cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition cohort. Carcinogenesis, 38(7), 699-707. Article bgx051. https://doi.org/10.1093/carcin/bgx051
Eriksen, A. K., Kyrø, C., Nørskov, N., Bolvig, A. K., Christensen, J., Tjønneland, A., Overvad, K., Landberg, R. & Olsen, A. (2017). Prediagnostic enterolactone concentrations and mortality among Danish men diagnosed with prostate cancer. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 71(10), 1235-1240. https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2017.42
Ibsen, D. B., Laursen, A. S. D., Lauritzen, L., Tjønneland, A., Overvad, K. & Jakobsen, M. U. (2017). Substitutions between dairy product subgroups and risk of type 2 diabetes: the Danish Diet, Cancer and Health cohort. British Journal of Nutrition, 118(11), 989-997. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114517002896
Perez-Cornago, A., Appleby, P. N., Pischon, T., Tsilidis, K., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Kaaks, R., Kühn, T., Boeing, H., Steffen, A., Trichopoulou, A., Lagiou, P., Kritikou, M., Krogh, V., Palli, D., Sacerdote, C., Tumino, R., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B. ... Travis, R. C. (2017). Tall height and obesity are associated with an increased risk of aggressive prostate cancer: results from the EPIC cohort study. B M C Medicine, 15(1), 115. Article 115. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0876-7
Sawada, N., Wark, P. A., Merritt, M. A., Tsugane, S., Ward, H. A., Rinaldi, S., Weiderpass, E., Dartois, L., His, M., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Turzanski-Fortner, R., Kaaks, R., Overvad, K., Redondo, M.-L., Travier, N., Molina-Portillo, E., Dorronsoro, M., Cirera, L., Ardanaz, E. ... J Cross, A. (2017). The association between adult attained height and sitting height with mortality in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). P L o S One, 12(3), e0173117. Article e0173117. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173117
