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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Sieri, S., Krogh, V., Ferrari, P., Berrino, F., Pala, V., Thiébaut, A. C. M., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Jakobsen, M. U., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Chajes, V., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Kaaks, R., Linseisen, J., Boeing, H., Nöthlings, U., Trichopoulou, A., Naska, A. ... Riboli, E. (2008). Dietary fat and breast cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 88(5), 1304-12.

Hart, A. R., Luben, R., Olsen, A., Tjonneland, A., Linseisen, J., Nagel, G., Berglund, G., Lindgren, S., Grip, O., Key, T., Appleby, P., Bergmann, M. M., Boeing, H., Hallmans, G., Danielsson, A., Palmqvist, R., Sjodin, H., Hagglund, G., Overvad, K. ... Bingham, S. (2008). Diet in the aetiology of ulcerative colitis: a European prospective cohort study. Digestion, 77(1), 57-64. https://doi.org/10.1159/000121412

Allen, N. E., Key, T. J., Dossus, L., Rinaldi, S., Cust, A., Lukanova, A., Peeters, P. H., Onland-Moret, N. C., Lahmann, P. H., Berrino, F., Panico, S., Larrañaga, N., Pera, G., Tormo, M.-J., Sánchez, M.-J., Ramón Quirós, J., Ardanaz, E., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A. ... Kaaks, R. (2008). Endogenous sex hormones and endometrial cancer risk in women in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). Endocrine-Related Cancer, 15(2), 485-497. https://doi.org/10.1677/ERC-07-0064

Vrieling, A., Verhage, B. A. J., van Duijnhoven, F. J. B., Jenab, M., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Kaaks, R., Rohrmann, S., Boeing, H., Nöthlings, U., Trichopoulou, A., John, T., Dimosthenes, Z., Palli, D., Sieri, S., Mattiello, A. ... Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B. (2008). Fruit and vegetable consumption and pancreatic cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. International Journal of Cancer. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.24134

Rinaldi, S., Rohrmann, S., Jenab, M., Biessy, C., Sieri, S., Palli, D., Tumino, R., Mattiello, A., Vineis, P., Nieters, A., Linseisen, J., Pischon, T., Boeing, H., Hallmans, G., Palmqvist, R., Manjer, J., Wirfält, E., Crowe, F. L., Khaw, K.-T. T. ... Kaaks, R. (2008). Glycosylated hemoglobin and risk of colorectal cancer in men and women, the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 17(11), 3108-15. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-0495

Nexø, B. A., Vogel, U., Olsen, A., Nyegaard, M., Bukowy, Z., Rockenbauer, E., Zhang, X., Koca, C., Mains, M., Hansen, B., Hedemand, A., Kjeldgaard, A. H., Laska, M. J., Raaschou-Nielsen, O., Cold, S., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A., Bolund, L. & Børglum, A. (2008). Linkage disequilibrium mapping of a breast cancer susceptibility locus near RAI/PPP1R13L/iASPP. BMC Medical Genetics, 9(56), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2350-9-56

Nexo, B. A., Vogel, U., Olsen, A. V., Zhang, X., Laska, M. J., Raaschou-Nielsen, O., Cold, S., Overvad, K., Tjonneland, A. & Borglum, A. D. (2008). Mapping of a breast cancer susceptibility locus near PPP1R13L on human chromosome 19q13.3 using linkage disequilibirum. European Journal of Cancer, Supplement, (9), 203.

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