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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Dossus, L., McKay, J. D., Canzian, F., Wilkening, S., Rinaldi, S., Biessy, C., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Jakobsen, M. U., Overvad, K., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Fournier, A., Linseisen, J., Lukanova, A., Boeing, H., Fisher, E., Trichopoulou, A., Georgila, C. ... Kaaks, R. (2008). Polymorphisms of genes coding for ghrelin and its receptor in relation to anthropometry, circulating levels of IGF-I and IGFBP-3, and breast cancer risk: a case-control study nested within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). Carcinogenesis, 29(7), 1360-6. https://doi.org/10.1093/carcin/bgn083

Olsen, A., Autrup, H., Sørensen, M., Overvad, K. & Tjønneland, A. (2008). Polymorphisms of glutathione S-transferase A1 and O1 and breast cancer among postmenopausal Danish women. European Journal of Cancer Prevention, 17(3), 225-9. https://doi.org/10.1097/CEJ.0b013e3282b6fe1e

Sørensen, M., Autrup, H., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Overvad, K. & Raaschou-Nielsen, O. (2008). Prospective study of NAT1 and NAT2 polymorphisms, tobacco smoking and meat consumption and risk of colorectal cancer. Cancer Letters, 266(2), 186-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canlet.2008.02.046

Nieters, A., Rohrmann, S., Becker, N., Linseisen, J., Ruediger, T., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Allen, N. E., Travis, R. C., Bingham, S., Khaw, K.-T., Ardanaz, E., Redondo, M. L., Basterrechea, M., Martinez, C., Tormo, M.-J., Rosso, S., Tagliabue, G. ... Riboli, E. (2008). Smoking and lymphoma risk in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition. American Journal of Epidemiology, 167(9), 1081-9. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwn004

Roswall, N., Olsen, A., Christensen, J., Rugbjerg, K. & Mellemkjær, L. (2008). Social inequality and incidence of and survival from Hodgkin lymphoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and leukaemia in a population-based study in Denmark, 1994-2003. European Journal of Cancer, 44(14), 2058-2073. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2008.06.011

Christensen, L. L., Madsen, B. E., Wikman, F. P., Wiuf, C., Koed, K., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A. V., Syvänen, A.-C., Andersen, C. L. & Orntoft, T. F. (2008). The association between genetic variants in hMLH1 and hMSH2 and the development of sporadic colorectal cancer in the Danish population. BMC Medical Genetics, 9, 52. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2350-9-52

Tjønneland, A., Christensen, J., Olsen, A. V., Stripp, C., Thomsen, B. L., Overvad, K., Peeters, P. H., van Gils, C. H., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Ocke, M. C., Thiebaut, A., Fournier, A., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Berrino, F., Palli, D., Tumino, R., Panico, S., Vineis, P., Agudo, A. ... Riboli, E. (2007). Alcohol intake and breast cancer risk: the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). Cancer Causes & Control, 18(4), 361-73.

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