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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Pot, G. K., Stephen, A. M., Dahm, C. C., Key, T. J., Cairns, B. J., Burley, V. J., Cade, J. E., Greenwood, D. C., Keogh, R. H., Bhaniani, A., McTaggart, A., Lentjes, M. A. H., Mishra, G., Brunner, E. J. & Khaw, K. T. (2014). Dietary patterns derived with multiple methods from food diaries and breast cancer risk in the UK Dietary Cohort Consortium. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 68, 1353–1358. https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2014.135

Leenders, M., Boshuizen, H. C., Ferrari, P., Siersema, P. D., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Dossus, L., Dartois, L., Kaaks, R., Li, K., Boeing, H., Bergmann, M. M., Trichopoulou, A., Lagiou, P., Trichopoulos, D., Palli, D., Krogh, V. ... Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B. (2014). Fruit and vegetable intake and cause-specific mortality in the EPIC study. European Journal of Epidemiology, 29(9), 639-52. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-014-9945-9

Holm, M., Olsen, A., Kroman, N. & Tjønneland, A. (2014). Lifestyle influences on the association between pre-diagnostic hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer prognosis - Results from the Danish 'Diet, Cancer and Health' prospective cohort. Maturitas, 79(4), 442-448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2014.09.004

Ferrari, P., Licaj, I., Muller, D. C., Kragh Andersen, P., Johansson, M., Boeing, H., Weiderpass, E., Dossus, L., Dartois, L., Fagherazzi, G., Bradbury, K. E., Khaw, K.-T., Wareham, N., Duell, E. J., Barricarte, A., Molina-Montes, E., Sanchez, C. N., Arriola, L., Wallström, P. ... Romieu, I. (2014). Lifetime alcohol use and overall and cause-specific mortality in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and nutrition (EPIC) study. BMJ Open, 4(7), e005245. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005245

Moskal, A., Pisa, P. T., Ferrari, P., Byrnes, G., Freisling, H., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Cadeau, C., Nailler, L., Wendt, A., Kühn, T., Boeing, H., Buijsse, B., Tjønneland, A., Halkjær, J., Dahm, C. C., Chiuve, S. E., Quirós, J. R., Buckland, G., Molina-Montes, E. ... Slimani, N. (2014). Nutrient Patterns and Their Food Sources in an International Study Setting: Report from the EPIC Study. PLoS One, 9(6), e98647. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098647

Rinaldi, S., Kaaks, R., Friedenreich, C. M., Key, T. J., Travis, R., Biessy, C., Slimani, N., Overvad, K., Ostergaard, J. N., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Mesrine, S., Fournier, A., Dossus, L., Lukanova, A., Johnson, T., Boeing, H., Vigl, M., Trichopoulou, A. ... Romieu, I. (2014). Physical activity, sex steroid, and growth factor concentrations in pre- and post-menopausal women: a cross-sectional study within the EPIC cohort. Cancer Causes & Control, 25(1), 111-24. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-013-0314-x

Kyrø, C., Olsen, A. V., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B. A., Skeie, G., Loft, S., Aman, P., Leenders, M., Dik, V. K., Siersema, P. D., Pischon, T., Christensen, J., Overvad, K., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Fagherazzi, G., Cottet, V., Kühn, T., Chang-Claude, J., Boeing, H., Trichopoulou, A. ... Landberg, R. (2014). Plasma alkylresorcinol concentrations, biomarkers of whole-grain wheat and rye intake, in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort. British Journal of Nutrition, 111(10), 1881-90. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114513004388

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