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

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Publications

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Dimou, N., Omiyale, W., Biessy, C., Viallon, V., Kaaks, R., O'Mara, T. A., Aglago, E. K., Ardanaz, E., Bergmann, M. M., Bondonno, N. P., Braaten, T., Colorado-Yohar, S. M., Crous-Bou, M., Dahm, C. C., Fortner, R. T., Gram, I. T., Harlid, S., Heath, A. K., Idahl, A. ... Dossus, L. (2022). Cigarette Smoking and Endometrial Cancer Risk: Observational and Mendelian Randomization Analyses. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 31(9), 1839-1848. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-21-1176

Cairat, M., Rinaldi, S., Navionis, A. S., Romieu, I., Biessy, C., Viallon, V., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Fournier, A., Severi, G., Kvaskoff, M., Fortner, R. T., Kaaks, R., Aleksandrova, K., Schulze, M. B., Masala, G., Tumino, R., Sieri, S., Grasso, C. ... Dossus, L. (2022). Circulating inflammatory biomarkers, adipokines and breast cancer risk—a case-control study nested within the EPIC cohort. BMC Medicine, 20(1), Article 118. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-022-02319-y

Petersen, K. E. N., Halkjær, J., Loft, S., Tjønneland, A. & Olsen, A. (2022). Cohort profile and representativeness of participants in the Diet, Cancer and Health—Next Generations cohort study. European Journal of Epidemiology, 37(1), 117-127. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-021-00832-7

Grenville, Z. S., Noor, U., His, M., Viallon, V., Rinaldi, S., Aglago, E. K., Amiano, P., Brunkwall, L., Chirlaque, M. D., Drake, I., Eichelmann, F., Freisling, H., Grioni, S., Heath, A. K., Kaaks, R., Katzke, V., Mayén-Chacon, A.-L., Milani, L., Moreno-Iribas, C. ... Schmidt, J. A. (2022). Diet and BMI Correlate with Metabolite Patterns Associated with Aggressive Prostate Cancer. Nutrients, 14(16), Article 3306. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14163306

Bondonno, N. P., Parmenter, B. H., Dalgaard, F., Murray, K., Rasmussen, D. B., Kyrø, C., Cassidy, A., Bondonno, C. P., Lewis, J. R., Croft, K. D., Gislason, G., Scalbert, A., Tjønneland, A., Overvad, K., Olsen, A. & Hodgson, J. M. (2022). Flavonoid intakes inversely associate with COPD in smokers. European Respiratory Journal, 60(2), Article 2102604. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.02604-2021

Ibsen, D. B. & Dahm, C. C. (2022). Food substitutions revisited. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 116(5), 1195-1198. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqac222

Dam, V., Onland-Moret, N. C., Burgess, S., Chirlaque, M.-D., Peters, S. A. E., Schuit, E., Tikk, K., Weiderpass, E., Oliver-Williams, C., Wood, A. M., Tjønneland, A., Dahm, C. C., Overvad, K., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Schulze, M. B., Trichopoulou, A., Ferrari, P., Masala, G., Krogh, V. ... van der Schouw, Y. T. (2022). Genetically determined reproductive aging and coronary heart disease: A Bidirectional 2-sample Mendelian Randomization. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 107(7), e2952–e2961. https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgac171

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