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, C. P., Berentzen, T. L., Østergaard, J. N., Dahm, C. C., Hellgren, L. I., Schmidt, E. B., Tjønneland, A., Sørensen, T. I. A., Overvad, K. & Jakobsen, M. U. (2013). Adipose tissue trans fatty acids and changes in body weight and waist circumference. Abstract from ECO, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Aleksandrova, K., Pischon, T., Buijsse, B., May, A. M., Peeters, P. H., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Jenab, M., Fedirko, V., Dahm, C. C., Siersema, P. D., Freisling, H., Ferrari, P., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A., Trichopoulou, A., Lagiou, P., Naska, A., Pala, V., Mattiello, A. ... Boeing, H. (2013). Adult weight change and risk of colorectal cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. European Journal of Cancer, 49(16), 3526-3536. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2013.06.021

Loft, S., Olsen, A., Møller, P., Poulsen, H. E. & Tjønneland, A. (2013). Association between 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2′-deoxyguanosine excretion and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer: Nested case - Control study. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, 22(7), 1289-1296. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-13-0229

Overvad, K., Dahm, C. C. & InterAct Consortium (2013). Association between dietary meat consumption and incident type 2 diabetes: the EPIC-InterAct study. Diabetologia, 56(1), 47-59. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-012-2718-7

Egeberg, R., Olsen, A., Christensen, J., Halkjær, J., Jakobsen, M. U., Overvad, K. & Tjønneland, A. (2013). Associations between Red Meat and Risks for Colon and Rectal Cancer Depend on the Type of Red Meat Consumed. Journal of Nutrition, 143(4), 464-72. https://doi.org/10.3945/jn.112.168799

Chan, S. S. M., Luben, R., Olsen, A., Tjonneland, A., Kaaks, R., Teucher, B., Lindgren, S., Grip, O., Key, T., Crowe, F. L., Bergmann, M. M., Boeing, H., Hallmans, G., Karling, P., Overvad, K., Palli, D., Masala, G., Kennedy, H., vanSchaik, F. ... Hart, A. R. (2013). Body Mass Index and the Risk for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis: Data From a European Prospective Cohort Study (The IBD in EPIC Study). American Journal of Gastroenterology, 108(4), 575-82. https://doi.org/10.1038/ajg.2012.453

Ferrari, P., Freisling, H., Duell, E. J., Kaaks, R., Lujan-Barroso, L., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Nailler, L., Polidoro, S., Mattiello, A., Palli, D., Tumino, R., Grioni, S., Knüppel, S., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A. V., Overvad, K., Orfanos, P., Katsoulis, M. ... Slimani, N. (2013). Challenges in estimating the validity of dietary acrylamide measurements. European Journal of Nutrition, 52(5), 1503-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-012-0457-7

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