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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Guo, P., Luo, J., Zhang, J., Bonde, J. P., Struciński, P., Ohniev, V., Arah, O. A., Deziel, N. C., Warren, J. L., Toft, G. & Liew, Z. (2025). Paternal and Maternal Exposures to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Child Behavioral Difficulties: A Parental Comparison Study. Environmental Science & Technology, 59(12), 5973-5982. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c13040

Guo, P., Luo, J., Zhang, J., Bonde, J. P., Struciński, P., Ohniev, V., Arah, O. A., Deziel, N. C., Warren, J. L., Toft, G. & Liew, Z. (2025). Paternal and maternal exposures to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and birth outcomes: a multi-country cohort study. Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source, 24, Article 48. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-025-01199-y

Grenville, Z. S., Noor, U., Rinaldi, S., Gunter, M. J., Ferrari, P., Agnoli, C., Amiano, P., Catalano, A., Chirlaque, M. D., Christakoudi, S., Guevara, M., Johansson, M., Kaaks, R., Katzke, V., Masala, G., Olsen, A., Papier, K., Sánchez, M.-J., Schulze, M. B. ... Travis, R. C. (2025). Perturbations in the blood metabolome up to a decade before prostate cancer diagnosis in 4387 matched case-control sets from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. International Journal of Cancer, 156(5), 943-952. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.35208

Córdova, R., Kim, J., Thompson, A. S., Noh, H., Shah, S., Dahm, C. C., Jensen, C. F., Mellemkjær, L., Tjønneland, A., Katzke, V., Le Cornet, C., El-Khoury, C., Schulze, M. B., Masala, G., Agnoli, C., Simeon, V., Tumino, R., Ricceri, F., Verschuren, W. M. M. ... Freisling, H. (2025). Plant-based dietary patterns and age-specific risk of multimorbidity of cancer and cardiometabolic diseases: a prospective analysis. The Lancet Healthy Longevity, 6(8), Article 100742. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanhl.2025.100742

Shah, S., Laouali, N., Mahamat-Saleh, Y., Biessy, C., Nicolas, G., Rinaldi, S., Zamora-Ros, R., Papadimitriou, N., Morales-Berstein, F., Dahm, C. C., Christensen, A. K. L., Mellemkjaer, L., Nielsen, A. M. O., Mancini, F. R., Ren, X., Marques, C., Katzke, V., Le Cornet, C., El-Khoury, C. ... Dossus, L. (2025). Plant-based dietary patterns and breast cancer risk in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC) study. European Journal of Epidemiology, 40(8), 947-958. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-025-01277-y

Langmann, F., Prioux, C., Touvier, M., Kesse-Guyot, E., Fezeu, L. K., Baudry, J., Dahm, C. C. & Allès, B. (2025). Plant-based diets, legumes, and prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors in the NutriNet-Santé cohort. European Journal of Nutrition, 64(5), Article 193. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-025-03722-w

Ibsen, D. B. & Zhang, Y. (2025). Potatoes and risk of type 2 diabetes. BMJ, 390, Article r1557. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r1557

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