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
Stern, D., Ibsen, D. B., MacDonald, C. J., Chiu, Y.-H., Lajous, M. & Tobias, D. K. (2024). Improving nutrition science begins with asking better questions. American Journal of Epidemiology, 193(11), 1507-1510. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwae110
Frederiksen, T. C., Christiansen, M. K., Benjamin, E. J., Overvad, K., Olsen, A., Andersen, M. K., Hansen, T., Grarup, N., Jensen, H. K. & Dahm, C. C. (2024). Interaction of genetic risk and lifestyle on the incidence of atrial fibrillation. Heart, 110(9), 644-649. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2023-323333
Botteri, E., Peveri, G., Berstad, P., Bagnardi, V., Hoff, G., Heath, A. K., Cross, A. J., Vineis, P., Dossus, L., Johansson, M., Freisling, H., Matta, K., Huybrechts, I., Chen, S. L. F., B. Borch, K., Sandanger, T. M., H. Nøst, T., Dahm, C. C., Antoniussen, C. S. ... Ferrari, P. (2024). Lifestyle changes in middle age and risk of cancer: evidence from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. European Journal of Epidemiology, 39(2), 147-159. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-023-01059-4
Ren, X., Nicolas, G., Frenoy, P., Papier, K., Moreno-Iribas, C., Masala, G., Dahm, C. C., Zhang, J., Jannasch, F., Schulze, M. B., Weiderpass, E., Chiodini, P., Vener, C., Vineis, P., Heath, A. K., Ricceri, F., Colorado-Yohar, S. M., Marques, C., Fiolet, T. ... Mancini, F. R. (2024). Non-dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (NDL-PCBs) dietary exposure is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort. Diabetes & Metabolism, 50(6), Article 101587. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabet.2024.101587
Viallon, V., Freisling, H., Matta, K., Nannsen, A. Ø., Dahm, C. C., Tjønneland, A., Eriksen, A. K., Kaaks, R., Katzke, V. A., Schulze, M. B., Masala, G., Tagliabue, G., Simeon, V., Tumino, R., Milani, L., Derksen, J. W. G., van der Schouw, Y. T., Nøst, T. H., Borch, K. B. ... Ferrari, P. (2024). On the use of the healthy lifestyle index to investigate specific disease outcomes. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 16330. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-66772-w
Petersen, K. E., Rosthøj, S., Halkjær, J., Loft, S., Tjønneland, A. & Olsen, A. (2024). Parental cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular disease risk factors in the offspring: The Diet, Cancer and Health cohorts. Atherosclerosis, 388, Article 117406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2023.117406
Bork, C. S., Larsen, J. M., Lundbye-Christensen, S., Olsen, A., Dahm, C. C., Riahi, S., Overvad, K. & Schmidt, E. B. (2024). Plant Omega-3 Fatty Acids May Lower Risk of Atrial Fibrillation in Individuals with a Low Intake of Marine Omega-3 Fatty Acids. The Journal of Nutrition, 154(9), 2827-2833. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjnut.2024.07.013
