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
Pommerich, U. M., Nielsen, R. O., Overvad, K., Dahm, C. C., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A. & Dalgas, U. (2020). Diet quality is not associated with late-onset multiple sclerosis risk– A Danish Cohort Study. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 40, Article 101968. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2020.101968
Eriksen, A. K., Brunius, C., Mazidi, M., Hellström, P. M., Risérus, U., Iversen, K. N., Fristedt, R., Sun, L., Huang, Y., Nørskov, N. P., Knudsen, K. E. B., Kyrø, C., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Dicksved, J. & Landberg, R. (2020). Effects of whole-grain wheat, rye, and lignan supplementation on cardiometabolic risk factors in men with metabolic syndrome: A randomized crossover trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 111(4), 864-876. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqaa026
Naudin, S., Solans Margalef, M., Saberi Hosnijeh, F., Nieters, A., Kyrø, C., Tjønneland, A., Dahm, C. C., Overvad, K., Mahamat-Saleh, Y., Besson, C., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Kühn, T., Canzian, F., Schulze, M. B., Peppa, E., Karakatsani, A., Trichopoulou, A., Sieri, S., Masala, G. ... Ferrari, P. (2020). Healthy lifestyle and the risk of lymphoma in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study. International Journal of Cancer, 147(6), 1649-1656. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.32977
Naudin, S., Viallon, V., Hashim, D., Freisling, H., Jenab, M., Weiderpass, E., Perrier, F., McKenzie, F., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Dahm, C. C., Overvad, K., Mancini, F. R., Rebours, V., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Katzke, V., Kaaks, R., Bergmann, M. ... Ferrari, P. (2020). Healthy lifestyle and the risk of pancreatic cancer in the EPIC study. European Journal of Epidemiology, 35(10), 975-986. Article 35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-019-00559-6
Solans, M., Benavente, Y., Saez, M., Agudo, A., Jakszyn, P., Naudin, S., Hosnijeh, F. S., Gunter, M., Huybrechts, I., Ferrari, P., Besson, C., Mahamat-Saleh, Y., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Kühn, T., Kaaks, R., Boeing, H., Lasheras, C., Sánchez, M.-J., Amiano, P. ... Casabonne, D. (2020). Inflammatory potential of diet and risk of lymphoma in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. European Journal of Nutrition, 59(2), 813-823. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-019-01947-0
Jakszyn, P., Cayssials, V., Buckland, G., Perez-Cornago, A., Weiderpass, E., Boeing, H., Bergmann, M. M., Vulcan, A., Ohlsson, B., Masala, G., Cross, A. J., Riboli, E., Ricceri, F., Dahm, C., Nyvang, D., Katzke, V. A., Kühns, T., Kyrø, C., Tjønneland, A. ... Agudo, A. (2020). Inflammatory potential of the diet and risk of colorectal cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study. International Journal of Cancer, 147(4), 1027-1039. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.32870
Freisling, H., Viallon, V., Lennon, H., Bagnardi, V., Ricci, C., Butterworth, A. S., Sweeting, M., Muller, D., Romieu, I., Bazelle, P., Kvaskoff, M., Arveux, P., Severi, G., Bamia, C., Kühn, T., Kaaks, R., Bergmann, M., Boeing, H., Tjønneland, A. ... Ferrari, P. (2020). Lifestyle factors and risk of multimorbidity of cancer and cardiometabolic diseases: a multinational cohort study. BMC Medicine, 18(1), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1474-7
