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 Department of Public Health Research Research areas Disease Etiology and Research Methodology Epidemiology Diet, lifestyle and genetic susceptibility

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

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Ward, H. A., Norat, T., Overvad, K., Dahm, C. C., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Jenab, M., Fedirko, V., van Duijnhoven, F. J. B., Skeie, G., Romaguera-Bosch, D., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Carbonnel, F., Affret, A., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Katzke, V., Kühn, T., Aleksandrova, K., Boeing, H. ... Riboli, E. (2016). Pre-diagnostic meat and fibre intakes in relation to colorectal cancer survival in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. International Journal of Cancer, 116(2), 316-25. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114516001859
Ward, H. A., Gayle, A., Jakszyn, P., Merritt, M., Melin, B., Freisling, H., Weiderpass, E., Tjonneland, A., Olsen, A., Dahm, C. C., Overvad, K., Katzke, V., Kühn, T., Boeing, H., Trichopoulou, A., Lagiou, P., Kyrozis, A., Palli, D., Krogh, V. ... Cross, A. J. (2018). Meat and haem iron intake in relation to glioma in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study. European Journal of Cancer Prevention, 27(4), 379-383. https://doi.org/10.1097/CEJ.0000000000000331
Ward, H. A., Wark, P. A., Muller, D. C., Steffen, A., Johansson, M., Norat, T., Gunter, M. J., Overvad, K., Dahm, C. C., Halkjær, J., Tjønneland, A., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Fagherazzi, G., Mesrine, S., Brennan, P., Freisling, H., Li, K., Kaaks, R., Trichopoulou, A. ... Riboli, E. (2017). Measured adiposity in relation to head and neck cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 26(6), 895-204. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-16-0886
Ward, H. A., Whitman, J., Muller, D. C., Johansson, M., Jakszyn, P., Weiderpass, E., Palli, D., Fanidi, A., Vermeulen, R., Tjønneland, A., Hansen, L., Dahm, C. C., Overvad, K., Severi, G., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Affret, A., Kaaks, R., Fortner, R., Boeing, H. ... Cross, A. J. (2019). Haem iron intake and risk of lung cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 73(8), 1122-1132. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41430-018-0271-2
Ward, H. A., Murphy, N., Weiderpass, E., Leitzmann, M. F., Aglago, E., Gunter, M. J., Freisling, H., Jenab, M., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Severi, G., Carbonnel, F., Kühn, T., Kaaks, R., Boeing, H., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Merino, S., Zamora-Ros, R. ... Cross, A. J. (2019). Gallstones and incident colorectal cancer in a large pan-European cohort study. International Journal of Cancer, 145(6), 1510-1516. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.32090
Wang, F., Yu, J., Zhang, L., Zhang, Y., Zhang, J., Liu, B. & Yang, X. (2021). Clinical relevance of glomerular IgM deposition in patients with lupus nephritis. BMC Immunology, 22(1), Article 75. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12865-021-00467-z
Vrieling, A., Verhage, B. A. J., van Duijnhoven, F. J. B., Jenab, M., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Kaaks, R., Rohrmann, S., Boeing, H., Nöthlings, U., Trichopoulou, A., John, T., Dimosthenes, Z., Palli, D., Sieri, S., Mattiello, A. ... Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B. (2008). Fruit and vegetable consumption and pancreatic cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. International Journal of Cancer. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.24134

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