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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Nørskov, N., Kyrø, C., Olsen, A. V., Tjønneland, A. & Knudsen, K. E. B. (2016). High-Throughput LC-MS/MS Method for Direct Quantification of Glucuronidated, Sulfated and Free Enterolactone in Human Plasma. Journal of Proteome Research, 15(3), 1051-1058. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jproteome.5b01117

Skeie, G., Braaten, T., Olsen, A., Kyrø, C., Tjønneland, A., Landberg, R., Nilsson, L. M., Wennberg, M., Overvad, K., Åsli, L. A., Weiderpass, E. & Lund, E. (2016). Intake of whole grains and incidence of oesophageal cancer in the HELGA Cohort. European Journal of Epidemiology, 31(4), 405-414. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-015-0057-y

Helnæs, A., Kyrø, C., Andersen, I., Lacoppidan, S., Overvad, K., Christensen, J., Tjønneland, A. & Olsen, A. (2016). Intake of whole grains is associated with lower risk of myocardial infarction: the Danish Diet, Cancer and Health Cohort. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 103(4), 999-1007. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.115.124271

Moskal, A., Freisling, H., Byrnes, G., Assi, N., Fahey, M. T., Jenab, M., Ferrari, P., Tjønneland, A., Petersen, K. E., Dahm, C. C., Hansen, C. P., Affret, A., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Cadeau, C., Kühn, T., Katzke, V., Iqbal, K., Boeing, H., Trichopoulou, A. ... Slimani, N. (2016). Main nutrient patterns and colorectal cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study. B J C, 115(11), 1430–1440. https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2016.334

Freisling, H., Pisa, P. T., Ferrari, P., Byrnes, G., Moskal, A., Dahm, C. C., Vergnaud, A.-C., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Fagherazzi, G., Cadeau, C., Kühn, T., Neamat-Allah, J., Buijsse, B., Boeing, H., Halkjær, J., Tjonneland, A., Hansen, C. P., Quirós, J. R., Travier, N. ... Slimani, N. (2016). Main nutrient patterns are associated with prospective weight change in adults from 10 European countries. European Journal of Nutrition, 55(6), 2093-2104. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-015-1023-x

Peters, S. A., van der Schouw, Y. T., Wood, A. M., Sweeting, M. J., Moons, K. G., Weiderpass, E., Arriola, L., Benetou, V., Boeing, H., Bonnet, F., Butt, S. T., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Drake, I., Gavrila, D., Key, T. J., Klinaki, E., Krogh, V., Kühn, T., Lassale, C. ... Butterworth, A. S. (2016). Parity, breastfeeding and risk of coronary heart disease: A pan-European case-cohort study. International Journal of Cancer, 23(16), 1755-1765. https://doi.org/10.1177/2047487316658571

Biskup, I., Kyrø, C., Marklund, M., Olsen, A., van Dam, R. M., Tjønneland, A., Overvad, K., Lindahl, B., Johansson, I. & Landberg, R. (2016). Plasma alkylresorcinols, biomarkers of whole-grain wheat and rye intake, and risk of type 2 diabetes in Scandinavian men and women. International Journal of Cancer, 104(1), 88-96. https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.116.133496

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