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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Dahm, C. C., Gorst-Rasmussen, A., Crowe, F. L., Roswall, N., Tjønneland, A., Drogan, D., Boeing, H., Teucher, B., Kaaks, R., Adarakis, G., Zylis, D., Trichopoulou, A., Fedirko, V., Chajes, V., Jenab, M., Palli, D., Pala, V., Tumino, R., Ricceri, F. ... Overvad, K. (2012). Fatty acid patterns and risk of prostate cancer in a case-control study nested within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 96(6), 1354-61. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.112.034157

Chuang, S.-C., Norat, T., Murphy, N., Olsen, A. V., Tjønneland, A., Overvad, K., Boutron-Ruault, M. C., Perquier, F., Dartois, L., Kaaks, R., Teucher, B., Bergmann, M. M., Boeing, H., Trichopoulou, A., Lagiou, P., Trichopoulos, D., Grioni, S., Sacerdote, C., Panico, S. ... Vineis, P. (2012). Fiber intake and total and cause-specific mortality in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition cohort. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 96(1), 164-74. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.111.028415

Cooper, A. J., Forouhi, N. G., Ye, Z., Buijsse, B., Arriola, L., Balkau, B., Barricarte, A., Beulens, J. W. J., Boeing, H., Büchner, F. L., Dahm, C. C., de Lauzon-Guillain, B., Fagherazzi, G., Franks, P. W., Gonzalez, C., Grioni, S., Kaaks, R., Key, T. J., Masala, G. ... The InterAct Consortium (2012). Fruit and vegetable intake and type 2 diabetes: EPIC-InterAct prospective study and meta-analysis. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 66(10), 1082-1092. https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2012.85

González, C. A., Megraud, F., Buissoniere, A., Lujan Barroso, L., Agudo, A., Duell, E. J., Boutron-Ruault, M. C., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Palli, D., Krogh, V., Mattiello, A., Tumino, R., Sacerdote, C., Quirós, J. R., Sanchez-Cantalejo, E., Navarro, C., Barricarte, A., Dorronsoro, M., Khaw, K.-T. ... Riboli, E. (2012). Helicobacter pylori infection assessed by ELISA and by immunoblot and noncardia gastric cancer risk in a prospective study: the Eurgast-EPIC project. Annals of Oncology, 23(5), 1320-1324. https://doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdr384

Agudo, A., Bonet, C., Travier, N., González, C. A., Vineis, P., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Trichopoulos, D., Boffetta, P., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Kaaks, R., Lukanova, A., Schütze, M., Boeing, H., Tjonneland, A., Halkjaer, J., Overvad, K., Dahm, C. C., Quirós, J. R. ... Riboli, E. (2012). Impact of Cigarette Smoking on Cancer Risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition Study. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 30(36), 4550-7. https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2011.41.0183

Knaze, V., Zamora-Ros, R., Luján-Barroso, L., Romieu, I., Scalbert, A., Slimani, N., Riboli, E., van Rossum, C. T. M., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Trichopoulou, A., Dilis, V., Tsiotas, K., Skeie, G., Engeset, D., Ramón Quirós, J., Molina, E., Huerta, J. M., Crowe, F., Wirfäl, E. ... González, C. A. (2012). Intake estimation of total and individual flavan-3-ols, proanthocyanidins and theaflavins, their food sources and determinants in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study. British Journal of Nutrition, 108(6), 1095-1108. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114511006386

Hansen, L., Skeie, G., Landberg, R., Lund, E., Palmqvist, R., Johansson, I., Dragsted, L. O., Egeberg, R., Johnsen, N. F., Christensen, J., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A. & Olsen, A. (2012). Intake of dietary fiber, especially from cereal foods, is associated with lower incidence of colon cancer in the HELGA cohort. International Journal of Cancer, 131(2), 469-478. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.26381

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