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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Campa, D., Claus, R., Dostal, L., Stein, A., Chang-Claude, J., Meidtner, K., Boeing, H., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Overvad, K., Rodríguez, L., Bonet, C., Sánchez, M.-J., Amiano, P., Huerta, J. M., Barricarte, A., Khaw, K.-T., Wareham, N., Travis, R. C. ... Kaaks, R. (2011). Variation in genes coding for AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and breast cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation on Cancer (EPIC). Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 127(3), 761-767. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-010-1269-1

Hutchinson, J., Lentjes, M., Greenwood, D., Burley, V., Cade, J., Cleghorn, C., Threapleton, D., Key, T., Cairns, B., Keogh, R., Dahm, C. C., Brunner, E., Shipley, M., Kuh, D., Mishra, G., Stephen, A., Bhaniani, A., Borguyla, G., Khaw, K. T. & Rodwell, S. (2011). Vitamin C intake from diary recordings and risk of breast cancer in the UK dietary cohort consortium. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 65(Suppl 1), a253.

Hutchinson, J., Lentjes, M., Greenwood, D., Burley, V., Cade, J., Cleghorn, C., Threapleton, D., Key, T., Cairns, B., Keogh, R., Dahm, C. C., Brunner, E., Shipley, M., Kuh, D., Mishra, G., Stephen, A., Bhaniani, A., Borguyla, G., Khaw, K. T. & Rodwell, S. (2011). Vitamin C intake from diary recordings and risk of breast cancer in the UK dietary cohort consortium. Poster session presented at IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Buckland, G., Agudo, A., Luján, L., Jakszyn, P., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Palli, D., Boeing, H., Carneiro, F., Krogh, V., Sacerdote, C., Tumino, R., Panico, S., Nesi, G., Manjer, J., Regnér, S., Johansson, I., Stenling, R., Sanchez, M.-J., Dorronsoro, M. ... González, C. A. (2010). Adherence to a Mediterranean diet and risk of gastric adenocarcinoma within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 91(2), 381-90. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.2009.28209

Park, J. Y., Dahm, C. C., Keogh, R. H., Mitrou, P. N., Cairns, B. J., Greenwood, D. C., Spencer, E. A., Fentiman, I. S., Shipley, M. J., Brunner, E. J., Cade, J. E., Burley, V. J., Mishra, G. D., Kuh, D., Stephen, A. M., White, I. R., Luben, R. N., Mulligan, A. A., Khaw, K.-T. & Rodwell, S. A. (2010). Alcohol intake and risk of colorectal cancer: Results from the UK Dietary Cohort Consortium. British Journal of Cancer, 103(5), 747-56. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6605802

Silva, P. S. A. D., Olsen, A., Christensen, J., Schmidt, E. B., Overvad, K., Tjonneland, A. & Hart, A. R. (2010). An Association Between Dietary Arachidonic Acid, Measured in Adipose Tissue, and Ulcerative Colitis. Gastroenterology, 139(6), 1912-7. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2010.07.065

Jenab, M., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Ferrari, P., van Duijnhoven, F. J. B., Norat, T., Pischon, T., Jansen, E. H. J. M., Slimani, N., Byrnes, G., Rinaldi, S., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Morois, S., Kaaks, R., Linseisen, J., Boeing, H. ... Riboli, E. (2010). Association between pre-diagnostic circulating vitamin D concentration and risk of colorectal cancer in European populations:a nested case-control study. BMJ, 340, b5500. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b5500

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