Department of Public Health

 Department of Public Health Research Research areas Epidemiology, Environment and Biostatistics Diet, lifestyle and genetic susceptibility

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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Aglago, E. K., Ramos, I., Keski-Rahkonen, P., Chatziioannou, C., Freisling, H., Fedirko, V., Gunter, M. J., Dahm, C. C., Langmann, F., Bondonno, N., Tjønneland, A., Severi, G., Truong, T., Katzke, V., Kaaks, R., Bergmann, M., Schulze, M. B., Masala, G., Pala, V. ... Jenab, M. (2025). Alcohol and smoking habits in association with hepatocellular carcinoma risk. International Journal of Cancer, 157(4), 644-657. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.35401
Manfredi, L., Sodano, B., Raganato, C., Buscema, F., Milani, L., Catalano, A., Freisling, H., Ferrari, P., Abraha, A., Kaaks, R., Katzke, V., Panico, S., Antoniussen, C. S., Dahm, C. C., Tin, S. T., Vermeulen, R., Vaartjes, I., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A. ... Ricceri, F. (2025). A longitudinal Analysis of the Association between Socioeconomic Position and Multimorbidity in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition Study. Aging and Disease, 16(6), 3625-3637. https://doi.org/10.14336/AD.2024.1166
Shi, F., Chowdhury, R., Sofianopoulou, E., Koulman, A., Sun, L., Steur, M., Aleksandrova, K., Dahm, C. C., Schulze, M. B., van der Schouw, Y. T., Agnoli, C., Amiano, P., Boer, J. M. A., Bork, C. S., Cabrera-Castro, N., Eichelmann, F., Elbaz, A., Farràs, M., Heath, A. K. ... Kaptoge, S. (2025). Association of circulating fatty acids with cardiovascular disease risk: Analysis of individual-level data in three large prospective cohorts and updated meta-analysis. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 32(3), 233-246. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwae315
Davila-Batista, V., Viallon, V., Fontvieille, E., Jansana, A., Kohls, M., Bondonno, N. P., Tjønneland, A., Dahm, C. C., Antoniussen, C. S., Katzke, V., Bajrachaya, R., Schulze, M. B., Agnoli, C., Ricceri, F., Panico, S., Zamora-Ros, R., Rodriguez-Barranco, M., Amiano, P., Chirlaque, M.-D. ... Freisling, H. (2025). Associations between cardiometabolic comorbidities and mortality in adults with cancer: multinational cohort study. BMJ Medicine, 4(1), e000909. Article e000909. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjmed-2024-000909
González-Gil, E. M., Matta, M., Morales Berstein, F., Cairat, M., Nicolas, G., Blanco, J., Kliemann, N., Bertazzi Levy, R., Rauber, F., Jacobs, I., Al Nahas, A., Cakmak, E. K., Vamos, E. P., Chang, K., Yammine, S. G., Millett, C., Touvier, M., Matias Pinho, M. G., Tsilidis, K. K. ... Huybrechts, I. (2025). Associations between degree of food processing and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a multicentre prospective cohort analysis in 9 European countries. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 50, Article 101208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2024.101208
Berden, J., Chimera, B., Hanley-Cook, G. T., Cakmak, E. K., Vineis, P., Nicolas, G., Skeie, G., Srour, B., Kesse-Guyot, E., Touvier, M., Baudry, J., Deschasaux-Tanguy, M., Berlivet, J., van der Schouw, Y., Murray, K., Jannasch, F., Tjønneland, A., Kyrø, C., Dahm, C. C. ... Huybrechts, I. (2025). Biodiverse diets present co-benefits for greenhouse gas emissions, land use, mortality rates and nutritional adequacy in Europe. Nature Food, 6(9), 857-867. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-025-01214-y
Fontvieille, E., Jansana, A., Peruchet-Noray, L., Córdova, R., Gan, Q., Rinaldi, S., Dossus, L., Mahamat-Saleh, Y., Gunter, M. J., Heath, A., Aune, D., Inan-Eroglu, E., Schulze, M. B., Bock, N., Dahm, C. C., Castro-Espin, C., Sánchez, M.-J., Perez-Cornago, A., Tin, S. T. ... Freisling, H. (2025). Body mass index and breast cancer risk among postmenopausal women with and without cardiometabolic diseases: Findings from two prospective cohort studies in Europe. Cancer, 131(14), Article e35911. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.35911

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