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
Verheus, M., Peeters, PH., Rinaldi, S., Dossus, L., Biessy, C., Olsen, A. V., Tjønneland, A., Overvad, K., Jeppesen, M., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Tehard, B., Nagel, G., Linseisen, J., Boeing, H., Lahmann, PH., Arvaniti, A., Psaltopoulou, T., Palli, D., Tumino, R. ... Kaaks, R. (2006). Serum C-peptide levels and breast cancer risk: Results from the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC). International Journal of Cancer, 119, 659-67.
Wellejus, A., Olsen, A. V., Tjønneland, A., Thomsen, BL., Overvad, K. & Loft, S. (2006). Urinary hydroxyestrogens and breast cancer risk among postmenopausal women: a prospective study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. , 14, 2137-42.
Raaschou-Nielsen, O., Pavuk, M., Leblanc, A., Dumas, P., Weber, JP., Olsen, A. V., Tjønneland, A., Overvad, K. & Olsen, JH. (2005). Adipose organochlorine concentrations and risk of breast cancer among postmenopausal Danish women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. , 14, 67-74.
van Gils, CH., Peeters, PH., Bueno-De-Mesquita, HB., Boshuizen, HC., Lahmann, PH., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Thiebaut, A., Kesse, E., Sieri, S., Palli, D., Tumino, R., Panico, S., Vineis, P., Gonzalez, CA., Ardanaz, E., Sanchez, MJ., Amiano, P., Navarro, C., Quiros, JR. ... Riboli, E. (2005). Consumption of vegetables and fruits and risk of breast cancer. JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 293, 183-93.
Bezemer, ID., Rinaldi, S., Dossus, L., van Gils, CH., Peeters, PH., van Noord, PAH., Bueno-De-Mesquita, HB., Agudo, H., Allen, N., Roddam, A., Ardanaz, E., Berrino, F., Pala, V., Boeing, H., Lahmann, PH., Linseisen, J., Nagel, G., Johnsen, S. P., Overvad, K. ... Kaaks, R. (2005). C-peptide, IGF-I, sex-steroid hormones and adiposity: a cross-sectional study in healthy women within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). Cancer Causes and Control, (16), 561-72.
Nielsen, TG., Olsen, A. V., Christensen, J., Overvad, K. & Tjønneland, A. (2005). Dietary carbohydrate intake is not associated with the breast cancer incidence rate ratio in postmenopausal Danish women. J Nutr., 135, 124-8.
Bamia, C., Orfanos, P., Ferrari, P., Overvad, K., Hundborg, H. H., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A. V., Kesse, E., Boutron-Rualt, MC., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Nagel, G., Bofetta, P., Boeing, H., Hoffmann, K., Trichopoulos, D., Baibas, N., Psaltopoulou, T., Norat, T., Slimani, N. ... Trichopoulou, A. (2005). Dietary patterns among older Europeans: the EPIC-elderly study. British Journal of Nutrition, 94, 100-13.
