Department of Public Health

 Department of Public Health Research Research areas Epidemiology, Environment and Biostatistics Diet, lifestyle and genetic susceptibility

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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Publications

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Vissers, L. E. T., Sluijs, I., van der Schouw, Y. T., Forouhi, N. G., Imamura, F., Burgess, S., Barricarte, A., Boeing, H., Bonet, C., Chirlaque, M.-D., Fagherazzi, G., Franks, P. W., Freisling, H., Gunter, M. J., Quirós, J. R., Ibsen, D. B., Kaaks, R., Key, T., Khaw, K. T. ... Wareham, N. J. (2019). Dairy Product Intake and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in EPIC-InterAct: A Mendelian Randomization Study. Diabetes Care, 42(4), 568-575. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc18-2034
Ward, H. A., Murphy, N., Weiderpass, E., Leitzmann, M. F., Aglago, E., Gunter, M. J., Freisling, H., Jenab, M., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Severi, G., Carbonnel, F., Kühn, T., Kaaks, R., Boeing, H., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Merino, S., Zamora-Ros, R. ... Cross, A. J. (2019). Gallstones and incident colorectal cancer in a large pan-European cohort study. International Journal of Cancer, 145(6), 1510-1516. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.32090
Jannasch, F., Kröger, J., Agnoli, C., Barricarte, A., Boeing, H., Cayssials, V., Colorado-Yohar, S., Dahm, C. C., Dow, C., Fagherazzi, G., Franks, P. W., Freisling, H., Gunter, M. J., Kerrison, N. D., Key, T. J., Khaw, K.-T., Kühn, T., Kyro, C., Mancini, F. R. ... Wareham, N. J. (2019). Generalizability of a Diabetes-Associated Country-Specific Exploratory Dietary Pattern Is Feasible Across European Populations. The Journal of Nutrition, 149(6), 1047-1055. https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxz031
Ward, H. A., Whitman, J., Muller, D. C., Johansson, M., Jakszyn, P., Weiderpass, E., Palli, D., Fanidi, A., Vermeulen, R., Tjønneland, A., Hansen, L., Dahm, C. C., Overvad, K., Severi, G., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Affret, A., Kaaks, R., Fortner, R., Boeing, H. ... Cross, A. J. (2019). Haem iron intake and risk of lung cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 73(8), 1122-1132. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41430-018-0271-2
Murphy, N., Ward, H. A., Jenab, M., Rothwell, J. A., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Carbonnel, F., Kvaskoff, M., Kaaks, R., Kühn, T., Boeing, H., Aleksandrova, K., Weiderpass, E., Skeie, G., Borch, K. B., Tjønneland, A., Kyrø, C., Overvad, K., Dahm, C. C., Jakszyn, P. ... Gunter, M. J. (2019). Heterogeneity of Colorectal Cancer Risk Factors by Anatomical Subsite in 10 European Countries: A Multinational Cohort Study. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 17(7), 1323-1331.e6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2018.07.030
Baker, C. F., Overvad, K. & Dahm, C. C. (2019). Lean body mass and risk of type 2 diabetes - a Danish cohort study. Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders, 18(2), 445-451. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40200-019-00438-7
Wu, H., Kyrø, C., Tjønneland, A., Boll, K., Olsen, A., Overvad, K. & Landberg, R. (2019). Long-Term Whole Grain Wheat and Rye Intake Reflected by Adipose Tissue Alkylresorcinols and Breast Cancer: A Case-Cohort Study. Nutrients, 11(2), Article 465. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11020465

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