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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Almanza-Aguilera, E., Guananga-Álvarez, D., Benavente, Y., Nieters, A., Besson, C., Saberi Hosnijeh, F., Kyrø, C., Bondonno, N. P., Dahm, C. C., Weiderpass, E., Truong, T., Louati-Hajji, M., Ren, X., Katzke, V., Schulze, M. B., Pasanisi, F., Vener, C., Masala, G., Giraudo, M. T. ... Casabonne, D. (2025). Intake of total, classes, and subclasses of (poly)phenols and risk of lymphoid neoplasms: a prospective analysis in the EPIC cohort. British Journal of Cancer, 133, 1864–1871. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-025-03228-6

Langmann, F., Ibsen, D. B., Johnston, L. W., Perez-Cornago, A. & Dahm, C. C. (2025). Legumes as a Substitute for Red and Processed Meat, Poultry or Fish, and the Risk of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in a Large Cohort. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 38(1), Article e70004. https://doi.org/10.1111/jhn.70004

Zhang, J., Andersen, C., Olsen, A., Halkjær, J., Petersen, K. E., Schaarup, J. F. R., Antoniussen, C. S., Witte, D. R. & Dahm, C. C. (2025). Life-long body mass index trajectories and cardiometabolic biomarkers-the Danish diet, cancer, and health-next generations cohort. International journal of obesity (2005), 49(11), 2311–2319. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-025-01882-7

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

Antoniussen, C. S. (2025). Longitudinal measures of alcohol consumption throughout adulthood and the risk of invasive breast cancer among postmenopausal women. [PhD thesis, Aarhus University].

Pedersen, J., Hedegaard, B. S., Schmidt, E. B., Dahm, C. C., Holven, K. B., Retterstøl, K., Calder, P. C. & Bork, C. (2025). Monounsaturated Fatty Acids in Cardiovascular Disease: Intake, Individual Types, and Content in Adipose Tissue as a Biomarker of Endogenous Exposure. Nutrients, 17(15), Article 2509. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17152509

Peruchet-Noray, L., Dimou, N., Cordova, R., Fontvieille, E., Jansana, A., Gan, Q., Breeur, M., Baurecht, H., Bohmann, P., Konzok, J., Stein, M. J., Dahm, C. C., Zilhão, N. R., Mellemkjær, L., Tjønneland, A., Kaaks, R., Katzke, V., Inan-Eroglu, E., Schulze, M. B. ... Carreras-Torres, R. (2025). Nature or nurture: genetic and environmental predictors of adiposity gain in adults. EBioMedicine, 111, Article 105510. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105510

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