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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Weikert, S., Boeing, H., Pischon, T., Weikert, C., Olsen, A., Tjonneland, A., Overvad, K., Becker, N., Linseisen, J., Trichopoulou, A., Mountokalakis, T., Trichopoulos, D., Sieri, S., Palli, D., Vineis, P., Panico, S., Peeters, P. H. M., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Verschuren, W. M. M. ... Riboli, E. (2007). Blood pressure and risk of renal cell carcinoma in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition. American Journal of Epidemiology, 167(4), 438-46. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwm321
Palli, D., Masala, G., Del Giudice, G., Plebani, M., Basso, D., Berti, D., Numans, M. E., Ceroti, M., Peeters, P. H. M., deMesquita, H. B. B., Buchner, F. L., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Boutron-Ruault, M. C., Krogh, V., Saieva, C., Vineis, P., Panico, S., Tumino, R., Nyren, O. ... Gonzalez, C. A. (2007). CagA+ Helicobacter pylori infection and Gastric Cancer risk in the EPIC-EURGAST study. International Journal of Cancer, 120(4), 859-67.
Mendez, M. A., Pera, G., Aguclo, A., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Palli, D., Boeing, H., Carneiro, F., Berrino, F., Sacerdote, C., Tumino, R., Panico, S., Berglund, G., Manjer, J., Johansson, I., Stenling, R., Martinez, C., Dorronsoro, M., Barricarte, A., Tormo, M. J. ... Gonzalez, C. A. (2007). Cereal fiber intake may reduce risk of gastric adenocarcinomas: The EPIC-EURGAST study. International Journal of Cancer, 121(7), 1618-23.
Norat, T., Dossus, L., Rinaldi, S., Overvad, K., Grønbæk, H., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A. V., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Boutron-Ruault, MC., Boeing, H., Lahmann, PH., Linseisen, J., Nagel, G., Trichopoulou, A., Trichopoulos, D., Kalapothaki, V., sieri, S., Palli, D., Panico, S. ... Kaaks, R. (2007). Diet, serum insulin-like growth factor-I and IGF-binding protein-3 in European women. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 61(1), 91-98.
Rinaldi, S., Dossus, L., Lukanova, A., Peeters, PHM., Allen, NE., Key, T., Bingham, S., Khaw, K.-T., Trichopoulos, D., Trichopoulou, A., Oikonomou, E., Pera, G., Larranaga, N., Martinez-Garcia, C., Ardanaz, E., Ramón, QJ., Maria-José, T., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A. V. ... Kaaks, R. (2007). Endogenous androgens and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer: results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 16(1), 23-29.
Danesh, J., Saracci, R., Berglund, G., Feskens, E., Overvad, K., Panico, S., Thompson, S., Fournier, A., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Canonico, M., Kaaks, R., Linseisen, J., Boeing, H., Pischon, T., Weikert, C., Olsen, A. V., Tjønneland, A., Johnsen, S. P., Jensen, MK. ... Riboli, E. (2007). EPIC-Heart: The cardiovascular component of a prospective study of nutritional, lifestyle and biological factors in 520 000 middle-aged participants from 10 European countries. European Journal of Epidemiology, 22(2), 129-41.
Linseisen, J., Rohrmann, S., Miller, A. B., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Buchner, F. L., Vineis, P., Agudo, A., Gram, I. T., Janson, L., Krogh, V., Overvad, K., Rasmuson, T., Schulz, M., Pischon, T., Kaaks, R., Nielsen, A., Allen, N. E., Key, T. J., Bingham, S. ... Riboli, E. (2007). Fruit and vegetable consumption and lung cancer risk: Updated information from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). International Journal of Cancer, 121, 1103-14.

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