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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Weikert, S., Boeing, H., Pischon, T., Olsen, A. V., Tjønneland, A., Overvad, K., Becker, N., Linseisen, J., Lahmann, PH., Arvaniti, A., Kassapa, C., Trichopoulou, A., Sieri, S., Tumino, R., Vineis, P., Panico, S., van Gils, CH., Peeters, PH., Bueno-de-Mesquita, HB. ... Riboli, E. (2006). Fruits and vegetables and renal cell carcinoma: Findings from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). International Journal of Cancer, 118, 3133-9.

Rinaldi, S., Peeters, PH., Berrino, F., Dossus, L., Biessy, C., Olsen, A. V., Tjønneland, A., Overvad, K., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Boutron-Ruault, MC., Tehard, B., Nagel, G., Linseisen, J., Boeing, H., Lahmann, PH., Trichopoulou, A., Trichopoulos, D., Koliva, M., Palli, D. ... Kaags, R. (2006). IGF-I, IGFBP-3 and breast cancer risk in women: The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). Endocrine-Related Cancer, 13, 593-605.

Boeing, H., Dietrich, T., Hoffmann, K., Pischon, T., Ferrari, P., Lahmann, PH., Boutron-Ruault, MC., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Allen, N., Key, T., Skeie, G., Lund, E., Olsen, A. V., Tjønneland, A., Overvad, K., Jensen, MK., Rohrmann, S., Linseisen, J., Trichopoulou, A. ... Riboli, E. (2006). Intake of fruits and vegetables and risk of cancer of the upper aero-digestive tract: the prospective EPIC-study. Cancer Causes & Control, 17, 957-69.

Gonzalez, CA., Jakszyn, P., Pera, G., Agudo, A., Bingham, S., Palli, D., Ferrari, P., Boeing, H., del Giudice, G., Plebani, M., Carneiro, F., Nesi, G., Berrino, F., Sacerdote, C., Tumino, R., Panico, S., Berglund, G., Siman, H., Nyren, O. ... Riboli, E. (2006). Meat intake and risk of stomach and esophageal adenocarcinoma within the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 98, 345-54.

Agudo, A., Sala, N., Pera, G., Capella, G., Berenguer, A., Garcia, N., Palli, D., Boeing, H., Del Giudice, G., Saieva, C., Carneiro, F., Berrino, F., Sacerdote, C., Tumino, R., Panico, S., Berglund, G., Siman, H., Stenling, R., Hallmans, G. ... Gonzalez, CA. (2006). No association between polymorphisms in CYP2E1, GSTM1, NAT1, NAT2 and the risk of gastric adenocarcinoma in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. , 15, 1043-5.

Dahm, C. C., Moore, K. & Murphy, M. P. (2006). Persistent S-nitrosation of complex I and other mitochondrial membrane proteins by S-nitrosothiols but not nitric oxide or peroxynitrite: implications for the interaction of nitric oxide with mitochondria. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 281(15), 10056-65. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M512203200

Johnsen, NF., Christensen, J., Thomsen, BL., Olsen, A. V., Loft, S., Overvad, K. & Tjønneland, A. (2006). Physical activity and risk for colon cancer in a cohort of Danish middle-aged men and women. European Journal of Epidemiology, 21, 877-84.

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