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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González, C. A., Travier, N., Lujan, L., Castellsagué, X., Bosch, F. X., Roura, E., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Palli, D., Boeing, H., Pala, V., Sacerdote, C., Tumino, R., Panico, S., Manjer, J., Dillner, J., Hallmans, G., Kjellberg, L., Sanchez, M.-J., Altzibar, J. M. ... Riboli, E. (2011). Dietary factors and in-situ and invasive cervical cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study. International Journal of Cancer, 129(2), 449-459. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.25679

Key, T. J., Appleby, P. N., Cairns, B. J., Luben, R., Dahm, C. C., Akbaraly, T., Brunner, E. J., Burley, V., Cade, J. E., Greenwood, D. C., Stephen, A. M., Mishra, G., Kuh, D., Keogh, R. H., White, I. R., Bhaniani, A., Borgulya, G., Mulligan, A. A. & Khaw, K. T. (2011). Dietary fat and breast cancer: comparison of results from food diaries and food-frequency questionnaires in the UK Dietary Cohort Consortium. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 94(4), 1043-52. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.111.015735

Zamora-Ros, R., Knaze, V., Luján-Barroso, L., Slimani, N., Romieu, I., Touillaud, M., Kaaks, R., Teucher, B., Mattiello, A., Grioni, S., Crowe, F., Boeing, H., Förster, J., Quirós, J. R., Molina, E., Huerta, J. M., Engeset, D., Skeie, G., Trichopoulou, A. ... González, C. A. (2011). Estimation of the intake of anthocyanidins and their food sources in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study. British Journal of Nutrition, 106(7), 1090-1099. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114511001437

Gorst-Rasmussen, A., Dahm, C. C., Dethlefsen, C., Scheike, T. & Overvad, K. (2011). Exploring Dietary Patterns By Using the Treelet Transform. American Journal of Epidemiology, 173(10), 1097-1104. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwr060

Tjønneland, A. & Olsen, A. (2011). Fibre and prevention of chronic diseases. BMJ, 343(7833), Article d6938. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d6938

Campa, D., Hüsing, A., Chang-Claude, J., Dostal, L., Boeing, H., Kröger, J., Tjønneland, A., Roswall, N., Overvad, K., Dahm, C. C., Rodríguez, L., Sala, N., Pérez, M. J. S., Larrañaga, N., Chirlaque, M.-D., Ardanaz, E., Khaw, K.-T., Wareham, N., Allen, N. E. ... Canzian, F. (2011). Genetic variability of the fatty acid synthase pathway is not associated with prostate cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation on Cancer (EPIC). European Journal of Cancer, 47(3), 420-427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2010.09.029

Gorst-Rasmussen, A., Dahm, C. C., Dethlefsen, C., Scheike, T. & Overvad, K. (2011). Gorst-Rasmussen et al. Respond to "Dietary Pattern Analysis". American Journal of Epidemiology, 173(10), 1109-1110. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwr059

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