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

Recent publications

Publications

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Kyrø, C., Grand, M. K., Bigaard, J., Rossing, M., Knoop, A. S., Kroman, N., Mellemkjær, L., Dahm, C. C., Bidstrup, P. E., Tjønneland, A. & Olsen, A. (2025). Dietary supplement use and life expectancy after breast cancer - The Danish Diet, Cancer and Health cohort. The Journal of Nutrition, 155(12), 4502-4513. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjnut.2025.09.035
Pizzato, M., McCormack, V., Dossus, L., Al-Alem, U., Delpierre, C., Lamy, S., Macciotta, A., Ricceri, F., Mellemkjær, L., Tjønneland, A., Dahm, C. C., Antoniussen, C. S., Guénel, P., Fournier, A., Frenoy, P., Schulze, M. B., Kaaks, R., Fortner, R. T., Ferrari, P. ... Vaccarella, S. (2025). Education level and risk of breast cancer by tumor subtype in the EPIC cohort. International Journal of Cancer, 157(4), 672-686. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.35413
Macciotta, A., Sacerdote, C., Giachino, C., Di Girolamo, C., Franco, M., van der Schouw, Y. T., Zamora-Ros, R., Weiderpass, E., Domenighetti, C., Elbaz, A., Truong, T., Agnoli, C., Bendinelli, B., Panico, S., Vineis, P., Christakoudi, S., Schulze, M. B., Katzke, V., Bajracharya, R. ... Ricceri, F. (2025). Examining causal relationships between educational attainment and type 2 diabetes using genetic analysis: findings from the EPIC-InterAct study through Mendelian randomisation. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 79(5), 373-379. Article 222734. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2024-222734
Thi Khanh, H. N., Stafoggia, M., Sørensen, M., Poulsen, A. H., Raaschou-Nielsen, O., Khan, J., Brandt, J., Olsen, A., Andersen, Z. J., Simonsen, M. K., Lim, Y. H., Zhang, J., Cole-Hunter, T., Pershagen, G., Pyko, A., Åkesson, A., Stockfelt, L., Andersson, E. M., Ögren, M. ... de Bont, J. (2025). Exploring the interaction between ambient air pollution and road traffic noise on stroke incidence in ten Nordic cohorts. Environment International, 198, Article 109403. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2025.109403
Porta, M., Pumarega, J., Giménez, À., Tjønneland, A., Chirlaque, M.-D., Sacerdote, C., Gasull, M., Olsen, A., Crous-Bou, M., Grioni, S., Truong, T., Dahm, C. C., Colorado-Yohar, S. M., Bouteille, L., Severi, G., Breeur, M., Saieva, C., Guevara, M., Panico, S. ... Katzke, V. (2025). Factors influencing the diagnostic basis in pancreatic cancer: A study within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort. Cancer Treatment and Research Communications, 45, Article 101009. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctarc.2025.101009
Meyer, A., Carbonnel, F., Dahm, C. C., Halkjær, J., Tjønneland, A., Schulze, M. B., Sacerdote, C., Tumino, R., Oldenburg, B., Huerta, J. M., Guevara, M., Aune, D., Gunter, M. J., Heath, A. K., Vineis, P., Tong, T. Y. N., Amiot, A. & Chan, S. S. M. (2025). Fruits, vegetables, legumes and potatoes and risk of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. The American Journal of Gastroenterology, Article 10.1097/EBP.0000000000002471. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000000003602
Eriksen, A. K., Grell, K., Hendriksen, P. F., Wohlfahrt, J., Tjønneland, A. & Olsen, A. (2025). Healthy lifestyle and life expectancy with and without major chronic disease – a cohort study. Scientific Reports, 15(1), Article 27691. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-11093-9

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