Department of Public Health

 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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Verheus, M., Peeters, PH., Rinaldi, S., Dossus, L., Biessy, C., Olsen, A. V., Tjønneland, A., Overvad, K., Jeppesen, M., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Tehard, B., Nagel, G., Linseisen, J., Boeing, H., Lahmann, PH., Arvaniti, A., Psaltopoulou, T., Palli, D., Tumino, R. ... Kaaks, R. (2006). Serum C-peptide levels and breast cancer risk: Results from the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC). International Journal of Cancer, 119, 659-67.
Vergnaud, A.-C., Romaguera, D., Peeters, P. H., van Gils, C. H., Chan, D. S., Romieu, I., Freisling, H., Ferrari, P., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Fagherazzi, G., Dartois, L., Li, K., Tikk, K., Bergmann, M. M., Boeing, H., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Dahm, C. C. ... Norat, T. (2013). Adherence to the World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research guidelines and risk of death in Europe: results from the European Prospective Investigation into Nutrition and Cancer cohort study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 97(5), 1107-20. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.112.049569
Vasson, F., Matta, K., Biessy, C., S. Antoniussen, C., Fournier, A., Marques, C., Cadeau, C., Le Cornet, C., T. Fortner, R., Schulze, M. B., Sieri, S., Panico, S., Tumino, R., Ricceri, F., Masala, G., Hiensch, A. E., Monninkhof, E. M., Agudo, A., Guevara, M. ... Dossus, L. (2025). Lifestyle changes and postmenopausal breast cancer risk in women from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. Breast Cancer Research, 27(1), Article 192. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-025-02148-w
Van Schaik, F. D. M., Oldenburg, B., Hart, A. R., Siersema, P. D., Lindgren, S., Grip, O., Teucher, B., Kaaks, R., Bergmann, M. M., Boeing, H., Carbonnel, F., Jantchou, P., Boutron-Ruault, M. C., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Crowe, F. L., Peeters, P. H. M., Van Oijen, M. G. H. & Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B. (2013). Serological markers predict inflammatory bowel disease years before the diagnosis. Gut, 62(5), 683-688. https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2012-302717
van Gils, CH., Peeters, PH., Bueno-De-Mesquita, HB., Boshuizen, HC., Lahmann, PH., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Thiebaut, A., Kesse, E., Sieri, S., Palli, D., Tumino, R., Panico, S., Vineis, P., Gonzalez, CA., Ardanaz, E., Sanchez, MJ., Amiano, P., Navarro, C., Quiros, JR. ... Riboli, E. (2005). Consumption of vegetables and fruits and risk of breast cancer. JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 293, 183-93.
van Duijnhoven, F. J. B., Bueno-De-Mesquita, H. B., Ferrari, P., Jenab, M., Boshuizen, H. C., Ros, M. M., Casagrande, C., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Thorlacius-Ussing, O., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Morois, S., Kaaks, R., Linseisen, J., Boeing, H., Nöthlings, U., Trichopoulou, A. ... Riboli, E. (2009). Fruit, vegetables, and colorectal cancer risk: the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 89(5), 1441-52. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.2008.27120
van Duijnhoven, F. J. B., Jenab, M., Hveem, K., Siersema, P. D., Fedirko, V., Duell, E. J., Kampman, E., Halfweeg, A., van Kranen, H. J., van den Ouweland, J. M. W., Weiderpass, E., Murphy, N., Langhammer, A., Ness-Jensen, E., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Overvad, K., Cadeau, C., Kvaskoff, M. ... Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B. (2018). Circulating concentrations of vitamin D in relation to pancreatic cancer risk in European populations. International Journal of Cancer, 142(6), 1189-1201. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.31146

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