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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Kohls, M., Freisling, H., Charvat, H., Soerjomataram, I., Viallon, V., Davila-Batista, V., Kaaks, R., Turzanski-Fortner, R., Aleksandrova, K., Schulze, M. B., Dahm, C. C., Tilma Vistisen, H., Rostgaard-Hansen, A. L., Tjønneland, A., Bonet, C., Sánchez, M.-J., Colorado-Yohar, S., Masala, G., Palli, D. ... Arnold, M. (2022). Impact of cumulative body mass index and cardiometabolic diseases on survival among patients with colorectal and breast cancer: a multi-centre cohort study. BMC Cancer, 22(1), Article 546. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-022-09589-y

Ibsen, D. B. (Ed.), Edgar, D., Sand, S., Svantström, Å., Julin, B., Eneroth, H., Bjermo, H., Weiss, M. B., Lemming, E. W. (Ed.), Kristersson, M. (Ed.), Åkesson, A. (Ed.) & Poulsen, M. (Ed.) (2022). L 2022 nr 11 - Risk and benefit assessment of whole grain intake in the Swedish adult population. Livsmedelsverket. Livsmedelsverkets rapportserie No. 11 https://www.livsmedelsverket.se/om-oss/publikationer/sok-publikationer/artiklar/2022/l-2022-nr-11-risk-and-benefit-assessment-of-whole-grain-intake-in-the-swedish-adult-population/

Ibsen, D. B., Mogensen, L., Corredig, M. & Dahm, C. C. (2022). Legumes in a sustainable healthy diet: (How) to be or not to be, that is the question. International Journal of Food Design, 7(2), 171-185. https://doi.org/10.1386/ijfd_00044_3

Kliemann, N., Ould Ammar, R., Biessy, C., Gicquiau, A., Katzke, V., Kaaks, R., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Sánchez, M.-J., Crous-Bou, M., Pasanisi, F., Tin Tin, S., Perez-Cornago, A., Aune, D., Christakoudi, S., Heath, A. K., Colorado-Yohar, S. M., Grioni, S., Skeie, G. ... Gunter, M. J. (2022). Metabolically Defined Body Size Phenotypes and Risk of Endometrial Cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 31(7), 1359-1367. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-22-0160

Rothwell, J. A., Murphy, N., Bešević, J., Kliemann, N., Jenab, M., Ferrari, P., Achaintre, D., Gicquiau, A., Vozar, B., Scalbert, A., Huybrechts, I., Freisling, H., Prehn, C., Adamski, J., Cross, A. J., Pala, V. M., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Dahm, C. C., Overvad, K. ... Gunter, M. J. (2022). Metabolic Signatures of Healthy Lifestyle Patterns and Colorectal Cancer Risk in a European Cohort. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 20(5), e1061-e1082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2020.11.045

Vissers, L. E. T., Sluijs, I., Burgess, S., Forouhi, N. G., Freisling, H., Imamura, F., Nilsson, T. K., Renström, F., Weiderpass, E., Aleksandrova, K., Dahm, C. C., Perez-Cornago, A., Schulze, M. B., Tong, T. Y. N., Aune, D., Bonet, C., Boer, J. M. A., Boeing, H., Chirlaque, M. D. ... van der Schouw, Y. T. (2022). Milk intake and incident stroke and CHD in populations of European descent: a Mendelian randomisation study. The British Journal of Nutrition, 128(9), 1789-1797. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114521004244

Chan, S. S. M., Chen, Y., Casey, K., Olen, O., Ludvigsson, J. F., Carbonnel, F., Oldenburg, B., Gunter, M. J., Tjønneland, A., Grip, O., DEFINe-IBD Investigators (Kim Overvad, Anja Olsen; members), Lochhead, P., Chan, A. T., Wolk, A. & Khalili, H. (2022). Obesity is Associated With Increased Risk of Crohn's disease, but not Ulcerative Colitis: A Pooled Analysis of Five Prospective Cohort Studies. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association, 20(5), 1048-1058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2021.06.049

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