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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Sen, A., Tsilidis, K. K., Allen, N. E., Rinaldi, S., Appleby, P. N., Almquist, M., Schmidt, J. A., Dahm, C. C., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A., Rostgaard-Hansen, A. L., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Baglietto, L., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Kühn, T., Katze, V. A., Boeing, H., Trichopoulou, A., Tsironis, C. ... Franceschi, S. (2015). Baseline and lifetime alcohol consumption and risk of differentiated thyroid carcinoma in the EPIC study. B J C, 113(5), 840-7. https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2015.280

Fonseca-Nunes, A., Agudo, A., Aranda, N., Arija, V., Cross, A. J., Molina, E., Sanchez, M. J., Bueno-De-Mesquita, H. B., Siersema, P., Weiderpass, E., Krogh, V., Mattiello, A., Tumino, R., Saieva, C., Naccarati, A., Ohlsson, B., Sjöberg, K., Boutron-Ruault, M. C., Cadeau, C. ... Jakszyn, P. (2015). Body iron status and gastric cancer risk in the EURGAST study. International Journal of Cancer, 137(12), 2904-2914. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.29669

Hellmann, S. S., Njor, S. H., Lynge, E., von Euler-Chelpin, M., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Vejborg, I. & Andersen, Z. J. (2015). Body mass index and participation in organized mammographic screening: A prospective cohort study. BMC Cancer, 15(1), Article 294. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-015-1296-8

Schlesinger, S., Lieb, W., Koch, M., Fedirko, V., Dahm, C. C., Pischon, T., Nöthlings, U., Boeing, H. & Aleksandrova, K. (2015). Body weight gain and risk of colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. Obesity Reviews, 16(7), 607-619. https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.12286

Bakken, T., Braaten, T., Olsen, A., Lund, E. & Skeie, G. (2015). Characterization of Norwegian women eating wholegrain bread. Public Health Nutrition, 18(15), 2836-2845. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980015000245

Tikk, K., Sookthai, D., Fortner, R. T., Johnson, T., Rinaldi, S., Romieu, I., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Baglietto, L., Boeing, H., Trichopoulou, A., Lagiou, P., Trichopoulos, D., Masala, G., Krogh, V., Tumino, R., Ricceri, F. ... Kaaks, R. (2015). Circulating prolactin and in situ breast cancer risk in the European EPIC cohort: a case-control study. Breast Cancer Research, 17(1), 49. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-015-0563-6

Bhoo-Pathy, N., Peeters, P., Uiterwaal, C., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H., Bulgiba, A. M., Bech, B., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Fagherazzi, G., Perquier, F., Teucher, B., Kaaks, R., Schütze, M., Boeing, H., Lagiou, P., Orfanos, P., Trichopoulou, A. ... van Gils, C. H. (2015). Coffee and tea consumption and risk of pre- and postmenopausal breast cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort study. Breast Cancer Research, 17(1), 15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-015-0521-3

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