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
Kamper-Jørgensen, M., Biggar, R. J., Tjønneland, A., Hjalgrim, H., Kroman, N., Rostgaard, K., Stamper, C. L., Olsen, A., Andersen, A. M. N. & Gadi, V. K. (2012). Opposite effects of microchimerism on breast and colon cancer. European Journal of Cancer, 48(14), 2227-2235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2012.02.006
Leenders, M., Chuang, S.-C., Dahm, C. C., Overvad, K., Ueland, P. M., Midttun, O., Vollset, S. E., Tjønneland, A., Halkjaer, J., Jenab, M., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Kaaks, R., Canzian, F., Boeing, H., Weikert, C., Trichopoulou, A., Bamia, C., Naska, A. ... Vineis, P. (2012). Plasma cotinine levels and pancreatic cancer in the EPIC cohort study. International Journal of Cancer, 131(4), 997-1002. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.26452
Fedirko, V., Riboli, E., Tjonneland, A., Ferrari, P., Olsen, A., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., van Duijnhoven, F., Norat, T., Jansen, E., Dahm, C. C., Overvad, K., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Racine, A., Lukanova, A., Teucher, B., Boeing, H., Aleksandrova, K., Trichopoulou, A. ... Jenab, M. (2012). Pre-diagnostic 25-Hydroxyvitamin D, VDR and CASR Polymorphisms, and Survival in Patients with Colorectal Cancer in Western European Populations. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 21(4), 582-93. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-11-1065
Olsen, A. V., Christensen, J., Outzen, M., Olesen, P. T., Frandsen, H., Overvad, K. & Halkjær, J. (2012). Pre-diagnostic acrylamide exposure and survival after breast cancer among postmenopausal Danish women. Toxicology, 296(1-3), 67-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tox.2012.03.004
Würtz, A. M. L., Tjønneland, A., Christensen, J., Dragsted, L. O., Aarestrup, J., Kyrø, C., Overvad, K. & Olsen, A. V. (2012). Serum estrogen and SHBG levels and breast cancer incidence among users and never users of hormone replacement therapy. Cancer Causes & Control, 23(10), 1711-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-012-0050-7
Dahm, C. C., Overvad, K. & InterAct Consortium (2012). Tea consumption and incidence of type 2 diabetes in Europe: the EPIC-InterAct case-cohort study. P L o S One, 7(5), e36910. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036910
Jeurnink, S., Büchner, F., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H., Siersema, P., Boshuizen, H., Numans, M., Dahm, C. C., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A., Roswall, N., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Boutron-Ruault, M., Morois, S., Kaaks, R., Teucher, B., Boeing, H., Buijsse, B., Trichopoulou, A., Benetou, V. ... Gonzalez, C. (2012). Variety in vegetable and fruit consumption and the risk of gastric and esophageal cancer in the European Prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC). International Journal of Cancer, 131(6), E963-73. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.27517
