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
Brix, S. A., Bidstrup, P. E., Christensen, J., Rottmann, N., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Johansen, C. & Dalton, S. O. (2013). Post-traumatic growth among elderly women with breast cancer compared to breast cancer-free women. Acta Oncologica, 52(2), 345-354. https://doi.org/10.3109/0284186X.2012.744878
Holm, M., Olsen, A., Christensen, J., Kroman, N. T., Bidstrup, P. H., Johansen, C., Overvad, K. & Tjønneland, A. (2013). Pre-diagnostic alcohol consumption and breast cancer recurrence and mortality. International Journal of Cancer, 132(3), 686-94. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.27652
Dahm, C. C., Carlsen, A. H., Tjønneland, A., Sørensen, T. I. A. & Overvad, K. (2013). PROGNOSIS AFTER ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE ACCORDING TO BODY SIZE: A COHORT STUDY. Abstract from Society for Epidemiologic Research 46th Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, Boston, MA, United States. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwt103
Outzen, M., Brasso, K., Martinussen, N., Christensen, J., Tjønneland, A., Friis, S. & Olsen, A. (2013). Prostate cancer in Denmark 1978-2009--trends in incidence and mortality. Acta Oncologica, 52(4), 831-6. https://doi.org/10.3109/0284186X.2012.702922
Ritte, R., Tikk, K., Lukanova, A., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A. V., Overvad, K., Dossus, L., Fournier, A., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Grote, V., Boeing, H., Aleksandrova, K., Trichopoulou, A., Lagiou, P., Trichopoulos, D., Palli, D., Berrino, F., Mattiello, A., Tumino, R. ... Kaaks, R. (2013). Reproductive factors and risk of hormone receptor positive and negative breast cancer: a cohort study. B M C Cancer, 13(1), 584. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-13-584
Van Schaik, F. D. M., Oldenburg, B., Hart, A. R., Siersema, P. D., Lindgren, S., Grip, O., Teucher, B., Kaaks, R., Bergmann, M. M., Boeing, H., Carbonnel, F., Jantchou, P., Boutron-Ruault, M. C., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Crowe, F. L., Peeters, P. H. M., Van Oijen, M. G. H. & Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B. (2013). Serological markers predict inflammatory bowel disease years before the diagnosis. Gut, 62(5), 683-688. https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2012-302717
Dallal, C. M., Stone, R. A., Cauley, J. A., Ness, R. B., Vogel, V. G., Fentiman, I. S., Fowke, J. H., Krogh, V., Loft, S., Meilahn, E. N., Muti, P., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Sieri, S., Tjønneland, A., Ursin, G., Wellejus, A. & Taioli, E. (2013). Urinary estrogen metabolites and breast cancer: a combined analysis of individual level data. International Journal of Biological Markers, 28(1), 3-16. https://doi.org/10.5301/JBM.2012.9353
