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
Saberi Hosnijeh, F., Peeters, P., Romieu, I., Kelly, R., Riboli, E., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Fagherazzi, G., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Dossus, L., Nieters, A., Teucher, B., Trichopoulou, A., Naska, A., Valanou, E., Mattiello, A., Sieri, S., Parr, C. L., Engeset, D. ... Vermeulen, R. (2014). Dietary intakes and risk of lymphoid and myeloid leukemia in the european prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC). Nutrition and Cancer, 66(1), 14-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/01635581.2014.847471
Pot, G. K., Stephen, A. M., Dahm, C. C., Key, T. J., Cairns, B. J., Burley, V. J., Cade, J. E., Greenwood, D. C., Keogh, R. H., Bhaniani, A., McTaggart, A., Lentjes, M. A. H., Mishra, G., Brunner, E. J. & Khaw, K. T. (2014). Dietary patterns derived with multiple methods from food diaries and breast cancer risk in the UK Dietary Cohort Consortium. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 68, 1353–1358. https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2014.135
Leenders, M., Boshuizen, H. C., Ferrari, P., Siersema, P. D., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Dossus, L., Dartois, L., Kaaks, R., Li, K., Boeing, H., Bergmann, M. M., Trichopoulou, A., Lagiou, P., Trichopoulos, D., Palli, D., Krogh, V. ... Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B. (2014). Fruit and vegetable intake and cause-specific mortality in the EPIC study. European Journal of Epidemiology, 29(9), 639-52. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-014-9945-9
Holm, M., Olsen, A., Kroman, N. & Tjønneland, A. (2014). Lifestyle influences on the association between pre-diagnostic hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer prognosis - Results from the Danish 'Diet, Cancer and Health' prospective cohort. Maturitas, 79(4), 442-448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2014.09.004
Ferrari, P., Licaj, I., Muller, D. C., Kragh Andersen, P., Johansson, M., Boeing, H., Weiderpass, E., Dossus, L., Dartois, L., Fagherazzi, G., Bradbury, K. E., Khaw, K.-T., Wareham, N., Duell, E. J., Barricarte, A., Molina-Montes, E., Sanchez, C. N., Arriola, L., Wallström, P. ... Romieu, I. (2014). Lifetime alcohol use and overall and cause-specific mortality in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and nutrition (EPIC) study. BMJ Open, 4(7), e005245. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005245
Moskal, A., Pisa, P. T., Ferrari, P., Byrnes, G., Freisling, H., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Cadeau, C., Nailler, L., Wendt, A., Kühn, T., Boeing, H., Buijsse, B., Tjønneland, A., Halkjær, J., Dahm, C. C., Chiuve, S. E., Quirós, J. R., Buckland, G., Molina-Montes, E. ... Slimani, N. (2014). Nutrient Patterns and Their Food Sources in an International Study Setting: Report from the EPIC Study. PLOS ONE, 9(6), e98647. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098647
Rinaldi, S., Kaaks, R., Friedenreich, C. M., Key, T. J., Travis, R., Biessy, C., Slimani, N., Overvad, K., Ostergaard, J. N., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Mesrine, S., Fournier, A., Dossus, L., Lukanova, A., Johnson, T., Boeing, H., Vigl, M., Trichopoulou, A. ... Romieu, I. (2014). Physical activity, sex steroid, and growth factor concentrations in pre- and post-menopausal women: a cross-sectional study within the EPIC cohort. Cancer Causes & Control, 25(1), 111-24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-013-0314-x
