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
Travis, R. C., Spencer, E. A., Allen, N. E., Appleby, P. N., Roddam, A. W., Overvad, K., Johnsen, N. F., Olsen, A., Kaaks, R., Linseisen, J., Boeing, H., Nöthlings, U., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Ros, M. M., Sacerdote, C., Palli, D., Tumino, R., Berrino, F., Trichopoulou, A. ... Key, T. J. (2009). Plasma phyto-oestrogens and prostate cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. British Journal of Cancer, 100(11), 1817-23. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6605073
Spencer, E. A., Key, T. J., Appleby, P. N., Van Gils, C. H., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Boutron-Ruault, M. C., Touillaud, M., Sánchez, M. J., Bingham, S., Khaw, K. T., Slimani, N., Kaaks, R. & Riboli, E. (2009). Prospective study of the association between grapefruit intake and risk of breast cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). Cancer Causes & Control, 20(6), 803-809. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-009-9310-6
Olsen, A., Egeberg, R. & Tjønneland, A. (2009). Re: Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and the risk of breast cancer. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 101(9), 690. https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djp065
Travis, R. C., Crowe, F. L., Allen, N. E., Appleby, P. N., Roddam, A. W., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Linseisen, J., Kaaks, R., Boeing, H., Kröger, J., Trichopoulou, A., Dilis, V., Trichopoulos, D., Vineis, P., Palli, D., Tumino, R., Sieri, S., Bueno-De-Mesquita, H. B. ... Key, T. J. (2009). Serum vitamin d and risk of prostate cancer in a case-control analysis nested within the european prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC). American Journal of Epidemiology, 169(10), 1223-1232. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwp022
Gallo, V., Bueno-De-Mesquita, H. B., Vermeulen, R., Andersen, P. M., Kyrozis, A., Linseisen, J., Kaaks, R., Allen, N. E., Roddam, A. W., Boshuizen, H. C., Peeters, P. H., Palli, D., Mattiello, A., Sieri, S., Tumino, R., Jiménez-Martín, J.-M., Díaz, M. J. T., Suarez, L. R., Trichopoulou, A. ... Riboli, E. (2009). Smoking and risk for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: analysis of the EPIC cohort. Annals of Neurology, 65(4), 378-85. https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.21653
Cust, A. E., Skilton, M. R., van Bakel, M. M. E., Halkjær, J., Olsen, A., Agnoli, C., Psaltopoulou, T., Buurma, E., Sonestedt, E., Chirlaque, M. D., Rinaldi, S., Tjønneland, A., Jensen, M. K., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Boutron-Ruault, M. C., Kaaks, R., Nöthlings, U., Chloptsios, Y., Zylis, D. ... Slimani, N. (2009). Total dietary carbohydrate, sugar, starch and fibre intakes in the european prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 63, S37-S60. https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2009.74
Jenab, M., McKay, J., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., van Duijnhoven, F. J. B., Ferrari, P., Slimani, N., Jansen, E. H. J. M., Pischon, T., Rinaldi, S., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Engel, P., Kaaks, R., Linseisen, J., Boeing, H., Fisher, E. ... Riboli, E. (2009). Vitamin D receptor and calcium sensing receptor polymorphisms and the risk of colorectal cancer in European populations. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 18(9), 2485-91. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-09-0319
