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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Publications

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Stroomberg, H. V., Vojdeman, F. J., Madsen, C. M., Helgstrand, J. T., Schwarz, P., Heegaard, A.-M., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Struer Lind, B., Brasso, K., Jørgensen, H. L. & Røder, M. A. (2021). Vitamin D levels and the risk of prostate cancer and prostate cancer mortality. Acta Oncologica, 60(3), 316-322. https://doi.org/10.1080/0284186X.2020.1837391
Schacht, S. R., Olsen, A., Dragsted, L. O., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A. & Kyrø, C. (2021). Whole-Grain Intake and Pancreatic Cancer Risk-The Danish, Diet, Cancer and Health Cohort. The Journal of Nutrition, 151(3), 666-674. https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxaa385
Christakoudi, S., Tsilidis, K. K., Muller, D. C., Freisling, H., Weiderpass, E., Overvad, K., Söderberg, S., Häggström, C., Pischon, T., Dahm, C. C., Zhang, J., Tjønneland, A., Halkjær, J., MacDonald, C., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Mancini, F. R., Kühn, T., Kaaks, R., Schulze, M. B. ... Riboli, E. (2020). A Body Shape Index (ABSI) achieves better mortality risk stratification than alternative indices of abdominal obesity: results from a large European cohort. Scientific Reports, 10(1), Article 14541. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-71302-5
Wedekind, R., Kiss, A., Keski-Rahkonen, P., Viallon, V., Rothwell, J. A., Cross, A. J., Rostgaard-Hansen, A. L., Sandanger, T. M., Jakszyn, P., Schmidt, J. A., Pala, V., Vermeulen, R., Schulze, M. B., Kühn, T., Johnson, T., Trichopoulou, A., Peppa, E., La Vechia, C., Masala, G. ... Scalbert, A. (2020). A metabolomic study of red and processed meat intake and acylcarnitine concentrations in human urine and blood. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 112(2), 381-388. Article nqaa140. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqaa140
Gibbs, D. C., Bostick, R. M., McCullough, M., Um, C., Flanders, D., Jenab, M., Weiderpass, E., Gylling, B., Gram, I. T., Heath, A. K., Colorado-Yohar, S., Dahm, C. C., Bueno-de-Mesquita, B., Perez-Cornago, A., Trichopoulou, A., Tumino, R., Kühn, T. & Fedirko, V. (2020). Association of pre-diagnostic vitamin D status with mortality among colorectal cancer patients differs by common, inherited vitamin D-binding protein isoforms. International Journal of Cancer, 147(10), 2725-2734. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.33043
Christakoudi, S., Kakourou, A., Markozannes, G., Tzoulaki, I., Weiderpass, E., Brennan, P., Gunter, M., Dahm, C. C., Overvad, K., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Madika, A.-L., Severi, G., Katzke, V., Kühn, T., Bergmann, M. M., Boeing, H., Karakatsani, A. ... Tsilidis, K. K. (2020). Blood pressure and risk of cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. International Journal of Cancer, 146(10), 2680-2693. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.32576
Mahamat-Saleh, Y., Cervenka, I., Al-Rahmoun, M., Mancini, F. R., Severi, G., Ghiasvand, R., Veierod, M. B., Caini, S., Palli, D., Botteri, E., Sacerdote, C., Ricceri, F., Trichopoulou, A., Peppa, E., La Vecchia, C., Overvad, K., Dahm, C. C., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A. ... Kvaskoff, M. (2020). Citrus intake and risk of skin cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition cohort (EPIC). European Journal of Epidemiology, 35(11), 1057-1067. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-020-00666-9

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