Department of Public Health

 Department of Public Health Research Research areas Epidemiology, Environment and Biostatistics Diet, lifestyle and genetic susceptibility

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

Recent publications

Publications

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M, J., Riboli, E., Cleveland, R. J., Norat, T., Rinaldi, S., Nieters, A., Biessy, C., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A. V., Overvad, K., Grønbæk, H., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Boutron-Ruault, M. C., Linseisen, J., Boeing, H., Pischon, T., Trichopoulos, D., Oikonomou, E., Trichopoulou, A. ... Kaaks, R. (2007). Serum C-peptide, IGFBP-1 and IGFBP-2 and risk of colon and rectal cancers in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. International Journal of Cancer, 121(2), 368-76.
Peeters, PHM., Lukanova, A., Allen, N., Berrino, F., Key, T., Dossus, L., Rinaldi, S., vanGils, CH., Bueno-de-Mesquita, HB., Boeing, H., Schulz, M., Chang-Claude, J., Linseisen, J., Panico, S., Sacerdote, C., Palli, D., Tumino, R., Trichopoulou, A., Trichopolos, D. ... Kaaks, R. (2007). Serum IGF-I, its major binding protein (IGFBP-3) and epithelial ovarian cancer risk: the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). Endocrine-Related Cancer, 14(1), 81-90.
Cust, A. E., Allen, N. E., Rinaldi, S., Dossus, L., Friedenreich, C., Olsen, A. V., Tjønneland, A., Overvad, K., Clavel-Chapelon, K., Boutron-Ruault, M. C., Linseisen, J., Chang-Claude, J., Boeing, H., Schulz, M., Benetou, V., Trichopoulou, A., Trichopoulos, D., Palli, D., Berrino, F. ... Kaaks, R. (2007).  Serum levels of C-peptide, IGFBP-1 and IGFBP-2 and endometrial cancer risk; Results from the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition. International Journal of Cancer, 120, 2656-64.
Nagel, G., Linseisen, J., Boshuizen, HC., Pera, G., Del Giudice, G., Westert, GP., Bueno-de-Mesquita, HB., Allen, NE., Key, TJ., Numans, ME., Peeters, PHM., Sieri, S., Siman, H., Berglund, G., Hallmans, G., Stenling, R., Martinez, C., Arriola, L., Barricarte, A. ... González, CA. (2007). Socioeconomic position and the risk of gastric and oesophageal cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC-EURGAST). International Journal of Epidemiology, 36(1), 66-76.
Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A. V., Boll, K., Stripp, C., Christensen, J., Engholm, G. & Overvad, K. (2007). Study design, exposure variables, and socioeconomic determinants of participation in Diet, Cancer and Health: a population-based prospective cohort study of 57,053 men and women in Denmark. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 35(4), 432-41.
Peeters, P. H., Slimani, N., van der Schouw, Y. T., Grace, P. B., Navarro, C., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A. V., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Touillaud, M., Boutron-Ruault, M. C., Jenab, M., Kaaks, R., Linseisen, J., Trichopoulou, A., Trichopoulos, D., Dilis, V., Boeing, H., Weikert, C., Overvad, K. ... Bingham, S. A. (2007). Variations in plasma phytoestrogen concentrations in European adults. Journal of Nutrition, 137(5), 1294-300.
Ravn-Haren, G., Vogel, U., Olsen, A. V., Dragsted, L. O., Nexø, B. A., Wallin, H., Overvad, K., Thomsen, B. L., Raaschou-Nielsen, O. & Tjønneland, A. (2006). Association between hGPX1 Pro198Leu, erythrocyte GPX activity, and cancer risk. Carcinogenesis, 27, 820-825.

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