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
van Duijnhoven, F. J. B., Jenab, M., Hveem, K., Siersema, P. D., Fedirko, V., Duell, E. J., Kampman, E., Halfweeg, A., van Kranen, H. J., van den Ouweland, J. M. W., Weiderpass, E., Murphy, N., Langhammer, A., Ness-Jensen, E., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Overvad, K., Cadeau, C., Kvaskoff, M. ... Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B. (2018). Circulating concentrations of vitamin D in relation to pancreatic cancer risk in European populations. International Journal of Cancer, 142(6), 1189-1201. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.31146
Kröger, J., Meidtner, K., Stefan, N., Guevara, M., Kerrison, N. D., Ardanaz, E., Aune, D., Boeing, H., Dorronsoro, M., Dow, C., Fagherazzi, G., Franks, P. W., Freisling, H., Gunter, M. J., Huerta, J. M., Kaaks, R., Key, T. J., Khaw, K. T., Krogh, V. ... Wareham, N. J. (2018). Circulating Fetuin-A and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis. Diabetes, 67(6), 1200-1205. https://doi.org/10.2337/db17-1268
Andersen, V., Chan, S., Luben, R., Khaw, K.-T., Olsen, A., Tjonneland, A., Kaaks, R., Grip, O., Bergmann, M. M., Boeing, H., Hultdin, J., Karling, P., Overvad, K., Oldenburg, B., Opstelten, J., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Carbonnel, F., Racine, A., Key, T. ... Hart, A. (2018). Fibre intake and the development of inflammatory bowel disease: A European prospective multi-centre cohort study (EPIC-IBD). Journal of Crohn's & Colitis, 12(2), 129-136. Article jjx136. https://doi.org/10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjx136
Outzen, M., Tjønneland, A., Christensen, J. & Olsen, A. (2018). Fish consumption and prostate cancer risk and mortality in a Danish cohort study. European Journal of Cancer Prevention, 27(4), 355-360. https://doi.org/10.1097/CEJ.0000000000000330
Kopp, T. I., Outzen, M., Olsen, A., Vogel, U. & Ravn-Haren, G. (2018). Genetic polymorphism in selenoprotein P modifies the response to selenium-rich foods on blood levels of selenium and selenoprotein P in a randomized dietary intervention study in Danes. Genes and Nutrition, 13(1), Article 20. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12263-018-0608-4
Kyrø, C., Tjønneland, A., Overvad, K., Olsen, A. & Landberg, R. (2018). Higher Whole-Grain Intake Is Associated with Lower Risk of Type 2 Diabetes among Middle-Aged Men and Women: The Danish Diet, Cancer, and Health Cohort. The Journal of Nutrition, 148(9), 1434-1444. https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxy112
Li, S. X., Imamura, F., Schulze, M. B., Zheng, J., Ye, Z., Agudo, A., Ardanaz, E., Aune, D., Boeing, H., Dorronsoro, M., Dow, C., Fagherazzi, G., Grioni, S., Gunter, M. J., Huerta, J. M., Ibsen, D. B., Jakobsen, M. U., Kaaks, R., Key, T. J. ... Wareham, N. J. (2018). Interplay between genetic predisposition, macronutrient intake and type 2 diabetes incidence: Analysis within EPIC-InterAct across eight European countries. Diabetologia, 61(6), 1325-1332. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-018-4586-2
