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
Skeie, G., Braaten, T., Olsen, A., Kyrø, C., Tjønneland, A., Landberg, R., Nilsson, L. M., Wennberg, M., Overvad, K., Åsli, L. A., Weiderpass, E. & Lund, E. (2016). Intake of whole grains and incidence of oesophageal cancer in the HELGA Cohort. European Journal of Epidemiology, 31(4), 31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-015-0057-y
Helnæs, A., Kyrø, C., Andersen, I., Lacoppidan, S., Overvad, K., Christensen, J., Tjønneland, A. & Olsen, A. (2016). Intake of whole grains is associated with lower risk of myocardial infarction: the Danish Diet, Cancer and Health Cohort. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 103(4), 999-1007. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.115.124271
Moskal, A., Freisling, H., Byrnes, G., Assi, N., Fahey, M. T., Jenab, M., Ferrari, P., Tjønneland, A., Petersen, K. E., Dahm, C. C., Hansen, C. P., Affret, A., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Cadeau, C., Kühn, T., Katzke, V., Iqbal, K., Boeing, H., Trichopoulou, A. ... Slimani, N. (2016). Main nutrient patterns and colorectal cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study. B J C, 115(11), 1430–1440. https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2016.334
Freisling, H., Pisa, P. T., Ferrari, P., Byrnes, G., Moskal, A., Dahm, C. C., Vergnaud, A.-C., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Fagherazzi, G., Cadeau, C., Kühn, T., Neamat-Allah, J., Buijsse, B., Boeing, H., Halkjær, J., Tjonneland, A., Hansen, C. P., Quirós, J. R., Travier, N. ... Slimani, N. (2016). Main nutrient patterns are associated with prospective weight change in adults from 10 European countries. European Journal of Nutrition, 55(6), 2093-2104. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-015-1023-x
Peters, S. A., van der Schouw, Y. T., Wood, A. M., Sweeting, M. J., Moons, K. G., Weiderpass, E., Arriola, L., Benetou, V., Boeing, H., Bonnet, F., Butt, S. T., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Drake, I., Gavrila, D., Key, T. J., Klinaki, E., Krogh, V., Kühn, T., Lassale, C. ... Butterworth, A. S. (2016). Parity, breastfeeding and risk of coronary heart disease: A pan-European case-cohort study. International Journal of Cancer, 23(16), 1755-1765. https://doi.org/10.1177/2047487316658571
Biskup, I., Kyrø, C., Marklund, M., Olsen, A., van Dam, R. M., Tjønneland, A., Overvad, K., Lindahl, B., Johansson, I. & Landberg, R. (2016). Plasma alkylresorcinols, biomarkers of whole-grain wheat and rye intake, and risk of type 2 diabetes in Scandinavian men and women. International Journal of Cancer, 104(1), 88-96. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.116.133496
Bakker, M. F., Peeters, P. HM., Klaasen, V. M., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Jansen, E. HJM., Ros, M. M., Travier, N., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Overvad, K., Rinaldi, S., Romieu, I., Brennan, P., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Perquier, F., Cadeau, C., Boeing, H., Aleksandrova, K., Kaaks, R. ... van Gils, C. H. (2016). Plasma carotenoids, vitamin C, tocopherols, and retinol and the risk of breast cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition cohort. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 103(2), 454-64. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.114.101659
