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
Christensen, L. L., Madsen, B. E., Wikman, F. P., Wiuf, C., Koed, K., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A. V., Syvänen, A.-C., Andersen, C. L. & Orntoft, T. F. (2008). The association between genetic variants in hMLH1 and hMSH2 and the development of sporadic colorectal cancer in the Danish population. B M C Medical Genetics, 9, 52. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2350-9-52
Tjønneland, A., Christensen, J., Olsen, A. V., Stripp, C., Thomsen, B. L., Overvad, K., Peeters, P. H., van Gils, C. H., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Ocke, M. C., Thiebaut, A., Fournier, A., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Berrino, F., Palli, D., Tumino, R., Panico, S., Vineis, P., Agudo, A. ... Riboli, E. (2007). Alcohol intake and breast cancer risk: the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). Cancer Causes and Control, 18(4), 361-73.
Weikert, S., Boeing, H., Pischon, T., Weikert, C., Olsen, A., Tjonneland, A., Overvad, K., Becker, N., Linseisen, J., Trichopoulou, A., Mountokalakis, T., Trichopoulos, D., Sieri, S., Palli, D., Vineis, P., Panico, S., Peeters, P. H. M., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Verschuren, W. M. M. ... Riboli, E. (2007). Blood pressure and risk of renal cell carcinoma in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition. American Journal of Epidemiology, 167(4), 438-46. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwm321
Palli, D., Masala, G., Del Giudice, G., Plebani, M., Basso, D., Berti, D., Numans, M. E., Ceroti, M., Peeters, P. H. M., deMesquita, H. B. B., Buchner, F. L., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Boutron-Ruault, M. C., Krogh, V., Saieva, C., Vineis, P., Panico, S., Tumino, R., Nyren, O. ... Gonzalez, C. A. (2007). CagA+ Helicobacter pylori infection and Gastric Cancer risk in the EPIC-EURGAST study. International Journal of Cancer, 120(4), 859-67.
Mendez, M. A., Pera, G., Aguclo, A., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Palli, D., Boeing, H., Carneiro, F., Berrino, F., Sacerdote, C., Tumino, R., Panico, S., Berglund, G., Manjer, J., Johansson, I., Stenling, R., Martinez, C., Dorronsoro, M., Barricarte, A., Tormo, M. J. ... Gonzalez, C. A. (2007). Cereal fiber intake may reduce risk of gastric adenocarcinomas: The EPIC-EURGAST study. International Journal of Cancer, 121(7), 1618-23.
Norat, T., Dossus, L., Rinaldi, S., Overvad, K., Grønbæk, H., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A. V., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Boutron-Ruault, MC., Boeing, H., Lahmann, PH., Linseisen, J., Nagel, G., Trichopoulou, A., Trichopoulos, D., Kalapothaki, V., sieri, S., Palli, D., Panico, S. ... Kaaks, R. (2007). Diet, serum insulin-like growth factor-I and IGF-binding protein-3 in European women. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 61(1), 91-98.
Rinaldi, S., Dossus, L., Lukanova, A., Peeters, PHM., Allen, NE., Key, T., Bingham, S., Khaw, K.-T., Trichopoulos, D., Trichopoulou, A., Oikonomou, E., Pera, G., Larranaga, N., Martinez-Garcia, C., Ardanaz, E., Ramón, QJ., Maria-José, T., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A. V. ... Kaaks, R. (2007). Endogenous androgens and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer: results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 16(1), 23-29.
