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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Hansen, L., Dragsted, L. O., Olsen, A., Christensen, J., Tjønneland, A., Schmidt, E. B. & Overvad, K. (2010). Fruit and vegetable intake and risk of acute coronary syndrome. British Journal of Nutrition, 104(2), 248-255. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114510000462

Dahm, C. C., Keogh, R. H., Lentjes, M. A. H., Spencer, E. A., Key, T. J., Greenwood, D. C., Cade, J. E., Burley, V. J., Shipley, M. J., Brunner, E. J., Stephen, A. M., Mishra, G., Kuh, D., Fentiman, I. S., White, I. R., Luben, R., Khaw, K. T. & Rodwell Bingham, S. A. (2010). Intake of dietary fats and colorectal cancer risk: Prospective findings from the UK Dietary Cohort Consortium. Cancer epidemiology, 34(5), 562-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2010.07.008

Egeberg, R., Olsen, A., Loft, S., Christensen, J., Johnsen, N. F., Overvad, K. & Tjønneland, A. (2010). Intake of wholegrain products and risk of colorectal cancers in the Diet, Cancer and Health cohort study. British Journal of Cancer, 103(5), 730-4. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6605806

Park, J. Y., Mitrou, P. N., Keen, J., Dahm, C. C., Gay, L. J., Luben, R. N., McTaggart, A., Khaw, K.-T., Ball, R. Y., Arends, M. J. & Rodwell, S. A. (2010). Lifestyle factors and p53 mutation patterns in colorectal cancer patients in the EPIC-Norfolk study. Mutagenesis, 25(4), 351-8. https://doi.org/10.1093/mutage/geq012

Spencer, E. A., Key, T. J., Appleby, P. N., Dahm, C. C., Keogh, R. H., Fentiman, I. S., Akbaraly, T., Brunner, E. J., Burley, V., Cade, J. E., Greenwood, D. C., Stephen, A. M., Mishra, G., Kuh, D., Luben, R., Mulligan, A. A., Khaw, K.-T. & Rodwell, S. A. (2010). Meat, poultry and fish and risk of colorectal cancer: pooled analysis of data from the UK dietary cohort consortium. Cancer Causes & Control, 21(9), 1417-25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-010-9569-7

Romaguera, D., Norat, T., Vergnaud, A.-C., Mouw, T., May, A. M., Agudo, A., Buckland, G., Slimani, N., Rinaldi, S., Couto, E., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Cottet, V., Rohrmann, S., Teucher, B., Bergmann, M., Boeing, H., Tjønneland, A., Halkjaer, J. ... Peeters, P. H. (2010). Mediterranean dietary patterns and prospective weight change in participants of the EPIC-PANACEA project. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 92(4), 912-21. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.2010.29482

Allen, N. E., Tsilidis, K. K., Key, T. J., Dossus, L., Kaaks, R., Lund, E., Bakken, K., Gavrilyuk, O., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Fournier, A., Fabre, A., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Chabbert-Buffet, N., Sacerdote, C., Krogh, V., Bendinelli, B., Tumino, R. ... Riboli, E. (2010). Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Risk of Endometrial Carcinoma Among Postmenopausal Women in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. American Journal of Epidemiology, 172(12), 1394-1403. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwq300

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