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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Roswall, N., Eriksson, U., Sandin, S., Löf, M., Olsen, A., Skeie, G., Adami, H. O. & Weiderpass, E. (2015). Adherence to the healthy Nordic food index, dietary composition, and lifestyle among Swedish women. Food and Nutrition Research, 59, Article 26336. https://doi.org/10.3402/fnr.v59.26336

Wozniak, M. B., Brennan, P., Brenner, D. R., Overvad, K., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Fagherazzi, G., Katzke, V., Kühn, T., Boeing, H., Bergmann, M. M., Steffen, A., Naska, A., Trichopoulou, A., Trichopoulos, D., Saieva, C., Grioni, S. ... Scelo, G. (2015). Alcohol consumption and the risk of renal cancers in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC). International Journal of Cancer, 137(8), 1953-66. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.29559

Romieu, I., Scoccianti, C., Chajes, V., de Batlle, J., Biessy, C., Dossus, L., Baglietto, L., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Overvad, K., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Kaaks, R., Lukanova, A., Boeing, H., Trichopoulou, A., Lagiou, P., Trichopoulos, D., Palli, D., Sieri, S. ... Riboli, E. (2015). Alcohol intake and breast cancer in the European Prospective investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. International Journal of Cancer, 137(8), 1921-1930. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.29469

Durup, D., Jørgensen, H. L., Christensen, J., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Halkjær, J., Lind, B., Heegaard, A. M. & Schwarz, P. (2015). A reverse J-shaped association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and cardiovascular disease mortality: The CopD study. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 100(6), 2339-2346. https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2014-4551

Sen, A., Tsilidis, K. K., Allen, N. E., Rinaldi, S., Appleby, P. N., Almquist, M., Schmidt, J. A., Dahm, C. C., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A., Rostgaard-Hansen, A. L., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Baglietto, L., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Kühn, T., Katze, V. A., Boeing, H., Trichopoulou, A., Tsironis, C. ... Franceschi, S. (2015). Baseline and lifetime alcohol consumption and risk of differentiated thyroid carcinoma in the EPIC study. B J C, 113(5), 840-7. https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2015.280

Fonseca-Nunes, A., Agudo, A., Aranda, N., Arija, V., Cross, A. J., Molina, E., Sanchez, M. J., Bueno-De-Mesquita, H. B., Siersema, P., Weiderpass, E., Krogh, V., Mattiello, A., Tumino, R., Saieva, C., Naccarati, A., Ohlsson, B., Sjöberg, K., Boutron-Ruault, M. C., Cadeau, C. ... Jakszyn, P. (2015). Body iron status and gastric cancer risk in the EURGAST study. International Journal of Cancer, 137(12), 2904-2914. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.29669

Hellmann, S. S., Njor, S. H., Lynge, E., von Euler-Chelpin, M., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Vejborg, I. & Andersen, Z. J. (2015). Body mass index and participation in organized mammographic screening: A prospective cohort study. BMC Cancer, 15(1), Article 294. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-015-1296-8

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