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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Castro-Espin, C., Cairat, M., Navionis, A.-S., Dahm, C. C., Antoniussen, C. S., Tjønneland, A., Mellemkjær, L., Mancini, F. R., Hajji-Louati, M., Severi, G., Le Cornet, C., Kaaks, R., Schulze, M. B., Masala, G., Agnoli, C., Sacerdote, C., Crous-Bou, M., Sánchez, M.-J., Amiano, P. ... Dossus, L. (2024). Prognostic role of pre-diagnostic circulating inflammatory biomarkers in breast cancer survival: evidence from the EPIC cohort study. British Journal of Cancer, 131(9), 1496-1505. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-024-02858-6

Enget Jensen, T. M., Braaten, T., Jacobsen, B. K., Ibsen, D. B. & Skeie, G. (2024). Replacing red and processed meat with lean or fatty fish and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in Norwegian women. The Norwegian Women and Cancer Study (NOWAC): a prospective cohort study. The British Journal of Nutrition, 131(3), 531-543. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114523002040

Dahm, C. C., Langmann, F., Nannsen, A. Ø. & Ibsen, D. B. (2024). Role of dietary fibres in cardiometabolic diseases. Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care, 27(4), 355-360. https://doi.org/10.1097/MCO.0000000000001047

Erichsen, D. W., Pokharel, P., Kyrø, C., Schullehner, J., Zhong, L., Bondonno, C. P., Dalgaard, F., Fjeldstad Hendriksen, P., Sigsgaard, T., Hodgson, J. M., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A. & Bondonno, N. P. (2024). Source-specific nitrate and nitrite intakes and associations with sociodemographic factors in the Danish Diet Cancer and Health cohort. Frontiers in nutrition, 11, Article 1326991. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2024.1326991

Bondonno, N. P., Pokharel, P., Bondonno, C. P., Erichsen, D. W., Zhong, L., Schullehner, J., Frederiksen, K., Kyrø, C., Hendriksen, P. F., Hodgson, J. M., Dalgaard, F., Blekkenhorst, L. C., Raaschou-Nielsen, O., Sigsgaard, T., Dahm, C. C., Tjønneland, A. & Olsen, A. (2024). Source-specific nitrate intake and all-cause mortality in the Danish Diet, Cancer, and Health Study. European Journal of Epidemiology, 39(8), 925-942. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-024-01133-5

Ibsen, D. B. (2024). Substituting animal-based with plant-based foods-current evidence and challenges ahead. BMC Global and Public Health, 2(1), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s44263-023-00036-z

Bock, N., Langmann, F., Johnston, L. W., Ibsen, D. B. & Dahm, C. C. (2024). The Association between the Substitution of Red Meat with Legumes and the Risk of Primary Liver Cancer in the UK Biobank: A Cohort Study. Nutrients, 16(15), Article 2383. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16152383

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