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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Vogel, U., Olsen, A. V., Wallin, H., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A. & Nexø, B. A. (2004). No association between OGG1 Ser326Cys and risk of basal cell carcinoma. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 13(10), 1680-1681.

Olsen, A. V., Bach Knudsen, K. E., Thomsen, B. L., Loft, S., Stripp, C., Overvad, K., Møller, S. & Tjønneland, A. (2004). Plasma enterolactone and breast cancer incidence by estrogen receptor status. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 13(12), 2084-2089.

Vogel, U. B., Laros, I., Jacobsen, N. R., Thomsen, B. L., Bak, H., Olsen, A. V., Bukowy, Z., Wallin, E. H. R., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A., Nexø, B. A. & Raaschou-Nielsen, O. L. (2004). Two regions in chromosome 19q13.2-3 are associated with risk of lung cancer. Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis, 546(1-2), 65-74.

Nexø, B. A., Vogel, U., Olsen, A. V., Ketelsen, T., Bukowy, Z., Thomsen, B. L., Wallin, H., Overvad, K. & Tjønneland, A. (2003). A specific haplotype of single nucleotide polymorphisms on chromosome 19q13.2-3 encompassing the gene RAI is indicative of postmenopausal breast cancer at an early age. Carcinogenesis, 24, 899-904.

Nexø, B. A., Vogel, U. B., Olsen, A. V., Ketelsen, T., Bukowy, Z., Thomsen, B. L., Wallin, H., Overvad, K. & Tjønneland, A. (2003). A specific haplotype of single nucleotide polymorphisms on chromosome 19q13.2-3 encompassing the gene RAI is indicative of post-menopausal breast cancer before age 55. Carcinogenesis, 24(5), 899-904.

Stripp, C., Overvad, K., Christensen, J., Thomsen, B. L., Olsen, A. V., Møller, S. & Tjønneland, A. (2003). Fish intake is positively associated with breast cancer incidence rate. Journal of Nutrition, 133(11), 3664-3669.

Olsen, A. V., Tjønneland, A., Thomsen, B., Loft, S., Stripp, C., Overvad, K., Møller, S., Ewertz, M. K. & Olsen, J. H. (2003). Fruits and vegetables intake differentially affects estrogen receptor negative and positive breast cancer incidence rates. Journal of Nutrition, 133, 2342-7.

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