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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Pedersen, J., Hedegaard, B. S., Schmidt, E. B., Dahm, C. C., Holven, K. B., Retterstøl, K., Calder, P. C. & Bork, C. (2025). Monounsaturated Fatty Acids in Cardiovascular Disease: Intake, Individual Types, and Content in Adipose Tissue as a Biomarker of Endogenous Exposure. Nutrients, 17(15), Article 2509. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17152509

Peruchet-Noray, L., Dimou, N., Cordova, R., Fontvieille, E., Jansana, A., Gan, Q., Breeur, M., Baurecht, H., Bohmann, P., Konzok, J., Stein, M. J., Dahm, C. C., Zilhão, N. R., Mellemkjær, L., Tjønneland, A., Kaaks, R., Katzke, V., Inan-Eroglu, E., Schulze, M. B. ... Carreras-Torres, R. (2025). Nature or nurture: genetic and environmental predictors of adiposity gain in adults. EBioMedicine, 111, Article 105510. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105510

Jäger, S., Kuxhaus, O., Prada, M., Huybrechts, I., Tong, T. Y. N., Forouhi, N. G., Razquin, C., Corella, D., Martinez-Gonzalez, M. A., Dahm, C. C., Ibsen, D. B., Tjønneland, A., Halkjær, J., Marques, C., Cadeau, C., Ren, X., Katzke, V., Bendinelli, B., Agnoli, C. ... Schulze, M. B. (2025). Nut consumption, linoleic and α-linolenic acid intakes, and genetics: how fatty acid desaturase 1 impacts plasma fatty acids and type 2 diabetes risk in EPIC-InterAct and PREDIMED studies. BMC Medicine, 23(1), Article 344. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-025-04187-8

Andersen, J. L. M., Frederiksen, K., Kyrø, C., Hansen, J., Raaschou-Nielsen, O., Bork, C. S., Dahm, C. C., Tjønneland, A. & Olsen, A. (2025). Organic food consumption and the incidence of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in the Danish Diet, Cancer and Health cohort. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 32(16), 1575-1585. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwaf057

Dall, M., Herzog, K., Hufnagel, A., Ibsen, D. B., Lebiecka-Johansen, B., Ruppert, P. M. M., Preston, J. M., Toh, P. J. Y. & Yfanti, C. (2025). Our future, we decide: five ways to reform the scientific publication process. Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 21(1), 5-6. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41574-024-01056-x

Guo, P., Luo, J., Zhang, J., Bonde, J. P., Struciński, P., Ohniev, V., Arah, O. A., Deziel, N. C., Warren, J. L., Toft, G. & Liew, Z. (2025). Paternal and Maternal Exposures to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Child Behavioral Difficulties: A Parental Comparison Study. Environmental Science & Technology, 59(12), 5973-5982. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c13040

Guo, P., Luo, J., Zhang, J., Bonde, J. P., Struciński, P., Ohniev, V., Arah, O. A., Deziel, N. C., Warren, J. L., Toft, G. & Liew, Z. (2025). Paternal and maternal exposures to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and birth outcomes: a multi-country cohort study. Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source, 24, Article 48. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-025-01199-y

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