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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Kong, S. Y., Takeuchi, M., Hyogo, H., McKeown-Eyssen, G., Yamagishi, S.-I., Chayama, K., O'Brien, P. J., Ferrari, P., Overvad, K., Olsen, A., Tjonneland, A., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Bastide, N., Carbonnel, F., Kühn, T., Kaaks, R., Boeing, H., Aleksandrova, K., Trichopoulou, A. ... Bruce, W. R. (2015). The Association between Glyceraldehyde-derived Advanced Glycation End-Products and Colorectal Cancer Risk. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 24(12), 1855-1863. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-15-0422

Petersen, K. E. N., Johnsen, N. F., Olsen, A., Albieri, V., Olsen, L. K. H., Dragsted, L. O., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A. & Egeberg, R. (2015). The combined impact of adherence to five lifestyle factors on all-cause, cancer and cardiovascular mortality: a prospective cohort study among Danish men and women. British Journal of Nutrition, 113(5), 849-58. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114515000070

Outzen, M., Tjønneland, A., Larsen, E. H., Hansen, M., Andersen, K. K., Christensen, J., Overvad, K. & Olsen, A. (2015). The effect of increased intake of fish and mussels on exposure to toxic trace elements in a healthy, middle-aged population. Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A - Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure & Risk Assessment, 32(11), 1858-66. https://doi.org/10.1080/19440049.2015.1072878

Outzen, M., Tjønneland, A., Larsen, E. H., Andersen, K. K., Christensen, J., Overvad, K. & Olsen, A. (2015). The effect on selenium concentrations of a randomized intervention with fish and mussels in a population with relatively low habitual dietary selenium intake. Nutrients, 7(1), 608-24. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu7010608

Sli, L., Braaten, T., Olsen, A., Lund, E. & Skeie, G. (2015). What characterises women who eat potatoes? A cross-sectional study among 74,208 women in the Norwegian Women and Cancer cohort. Food and Nutrition Research, 59, Article 25703. https://doi.org/10.3402/fnr.v59.25703

Johnsen, N. F., Frederiksen, K., Christensen, J., Skeie, G., Lund, E., Landberg, R., Johansson, I., Nilsson, L. M., Halkjær, J., Olsen, A., Overvad, K. & Tjønneland, A. (2015). Whole-grain products and whole-grain types are associated with lower all-cause and cause-specific mortality in the Scandinavian HELGA cohort. British Journal of Nutrition, 114(4), 608-23. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114515001701

Dossus, L., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Kaaks, R., Gram, I. T., Vilier, A., Fervers, B., Manjer, J., Tjonneland, A., Olsen, A. V., Overvad, K., Chang-Claude, J., Boeing, H., Steffen, A., Trichopoulou, A., Lagiou, P., Sarantopoulou, M., Palli, D., Berrino, F., Tumino, R. ... Clavel-Chapelon, F. (2014). Active and passive cigarette smoking and breast cancer risk: Results from the EPIC cohort. International Journal of Cancer, 134(8), 1871-88. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.28508

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