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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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Vrieling, A., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Boshuizen, H. C., Michaud, D. S., Severinsen, M. T., Overvad, K., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Kaaks, R., Rohrmann, S., Boeing, H., Nöthlings, U., Trichopoulou, A., Moutsiou, E., Dilis, V., Palli, D., Krogh, V. ... Riboli, E. (2010). Cigarette smoking, environmental tobacco smoke exposure and pancreatic cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. International Journal of Cancer, 126(10), 2394-403. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.24907
Vojdeman, F. J., Madsen, C. M., Frederiksen, K., Durup, D., Olsen, A., Hansen, L., Heegaard, A.-M., Lind, B., Tjønneland, A., Jørgensen, H. L. & Schwarz, P. (2019). Vitamin D levels and cancer incidence in 217,244 individuals from primary health care in Denmark. International Journal of Cancer, 145(2), 338-346. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.32105
Vogel, U., Olsen, A. V., Håkan, W., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A. & Nexø, B. A. (2005). Effect of polymorphisms in XPD, RAI, ASE-1 and ERCC1 on the risk of basal cell carcinoma among Caucasians after age 50. Cancer Detection and Prevention, 29(3), 209-214.
Vogel, U. B., Laros, I., Jacobsen, N. R., Thomsen, B. L., Bak, H., Olsen, A. V., Bukowy, Z., Wallin, E. H. R., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A., Nexø, B. A. & Raaschou-Nielsen, O. L. (2004). Two regions in chromosome 19q13.2-3 are associated with risk of lung cancer. Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis, 546(1-2), 65-74.
Vogel, U., Nexø, B. A., Olsen, A. V., Thomsen, B., Jacobsen, N. R., Wallin, H., Overvad, K. & Tjønneland, A. (2003). No association between OGG1 Ser326Cys polymorphism and breast cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 12, 170-171.
Vogel, U., Olsen, A. V., Wallin, H., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A. & Nexø, B. A. (2004). No association between OGG1 Ser326Cys and risk of basal cell carcinoma. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 13(10), 1680-1681.
Vogel, U., Olsen, A. V., Tjønneland, A., Dragsted, L. O., Nexø, B. A., Wallin, H., Overvad, K., Raaschou-Nielsen, O. & Ravn-Haren, G. (2006). En polymorfi i GPX1 genet er associeret med ændret GPX aktivitet i forbindelse med alkoholindtag og rygning samt øget risiko for brystkræft. Miljø og sundhed, 31, 26-30.

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