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
Park, J. Y., Mitrou, P. N., Keen, J., Dahm, C. C., Gay, L. J., Luben, R. N., McTaggart, A., Khaw, K.-T., Ball, R. Y., Arends, M. J. & Rodwell, S. A. (2010). Lifestyle factors and p53 mutation patterns in colorectal cancer patients in the EPIC-Norfolk study. Mutagenesis, 25(4), 351-8. https://doi.org/10.1093/mutage/geq012
Spencer, E. A., Key, T. J., Appleby, P. N., Dahm, C. C., Keogh, R. H., Fentiman, I. S., Akbaraly, T., Brunner, E. J., Burley, V., Cade, J. E., Greenwood, D. C., Stephen, A. M., Mishra, G., Kuh, D., Luben, R., Mulligan, A. A., Khaw, K.-T. & Rodwell, S. A. (2010). Meat, poultry and fish and risk of colorectal cancer: pooled analysis of data from the UK dietary cohort consortium. Cancer Causes & Control, 21(9), 1417-25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-010-9569-7
Romaguera, D., Norat, T., Vergnaud, A.-C., Mouw, T., May, A. M., Agudo, A., Buckland, G., Slimani, N., Rinaldi, S., Couto, E., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Cottet, V., Rohrmann, S., Teucher, B., Bergmann, M., Boeing, H., Tjønneland, A., Halkjaer, J. ... Peeters, P. H. (2010). Mediterranean dietary patterns and prospective weight change in participants of the EPIC-PANACEA project. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 92(4), 912-21. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.2010.29482
Allen, N. E., Tsilidis, K. K., Key, T. J., Dossus, L., Kaaks, R., Lund, E., Bakken, K., Gavrilyuk, O., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Fournier, A., Fabre, A., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Chabbert-Buffet, N., Sacerdote, C., Krogh, V., Bendinelli, B., Tumino, R. ... Riboli, E. (2010). Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Risk of Endometrial Carcinoma Among Postmenopausal Women in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. American Journal of Epidemiology, 172(12), 1394-1403. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwq300
Duell, E. J., Travier, N., Lujan-Barroso, L., Boutron-Ruault, M. C., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Palli, D., Krogh, V., Mattiello, A., Tumino, R., Sacerdote, C., Rodriguez, L., Sanchez-Cantalejo, E., Navarro, C., Barricarte, A., Dorronsoro, M., Khaw, K.-T., Wareham, N., Allen, N. E., Tsilidis, K. K. ... González, C. A. (2010). Menstrual and reproductive factors, exogenous hormone use, and gastric cancer risk in a cohort of women from the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition. American Journal of Epidemiology, 172(12), 1384-93. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwq321
Roswall, N., Olsen, A., Christensen, J., Dragsted, L. O., Overvad, K. & Tjønneland, A. (2010). Micronutrient intake and breast cancer characteristics among postmenopausal women. European Journal of Cancer Prevention, 19(5), 360-5.
Roswall, N., Olsen, A., Christensen, J., Dragsted, L. O., Overvad, K. & Tjønneland, A. (2010). Micronutrient intake and risk of colon and rectal cancer in a Danish cohort. Journal of Cancer Epidemiology, 34(1), 40-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2009.12.012
