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

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Publications

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Naudin, S., Viallon, V., Hashim, D., Freisling, H., Jenab, M., Weiderpass, E., Perrier, F., McKenzie, F., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Dahm, C. C., Overvad, K., Mancini, F. R., Rebours, V., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Katzke, V., Kaaks, R., Bergmann, M. ... Ferrari, P. (2020). Healthy lifestyle and the risk of pancreatic cancer in the EPIC study. European Journal of Epidemiology, 35(10), 975-986. Article 35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-019-00559-6
Solans, M., Benavente, Y., Saez, M., Agudo, A., Jakszyn, P., Naudin, S., Hosnijeh, F. S., Gunter, M., Huybrechts, I., Ferrari, P., Besson, C., Mahamat-Saleh, Y., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Kühn, T., Kaaks, R., Boeing, H., Lasheras, C., Sánchez, M.-J., Amiano, P. ... Casabonne, D. (2020). Inflammatory potential of diet and risk of lymphoma in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. European Journal of Nutrition, 59(2), 813-823. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-019-01947-0
Jakszyn, P., Cayssials, V., Buckland, G., Perez-Cornago, A., Weiderpass, E., Boeing, H., Bergmann, M. M., Vulcan, A., Ohlsson, B., Masala, G., Cross, A. J., Riboli, E., Ricceri, F., Dahm, C., Nyvang, D., Katzke, V. A., Kühns, T., Kyrø, C., Tjønneland, A. ... Agudo, A. (2020). Inflammatory potential of the diet and risk of colorectal cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study. International Journal of Cancer, 147(4), 1027-1039. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.32870
Freisling, H., Viallon, V., Lennon, H., Bagnardi, V., Ricci, C., Butterworth, A. S., Sweeting, M., Muller, D., Romieu, I., Bazelle, P., Kvaskoff, M., Arveux, P., Severi, G., Bamia, C., Kühn, T., Kaaks, R., Bergmann, M., Boeing, H., Tjønneland, A. ... Ferrari, P. (2020). Lifestyle factors and risk of multimorbidity of cancer and cardiometabolic diseases: a multinational cohort study. BMC Medicine, 18(1), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1474-7
Harms, L. M., Scalbert, A., Zamora-Ros, R., Rinaldi, S., Jenab, M., Murphy, N., Achaintre, D., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Mancini, F. R., Mahamat-Saleh, Y., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Kühn, T., Katzke, V., Trichopoulou, A., Martimianaki, G., Karakatsani, A., Palli, D. ... Aleksandrova, K. (2020). Plasma polyphenols associated with lower high-sensitivity C-reactive protein concentrations: a cross-sectional study within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort. The British Journal of Nutrition, 123(2), 198-208. Article 0007114519002538. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114519002538
Kliemann, N., Murphy, N., Viallon, V., Freisling, H., Tsilidis, K. K., Rinaldi, S., Mancini, F. R., Fagherazzi, G., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Boeing, H., Schulze, M. B., Masala, G., Krogh, V., Sacerdote, C., Santucci de Magistris, M., Bueno-de-Mesquita, B., Weiderpass, E., Kühn, T., Kaaks, R. ... Gunter, M. J. (2020). Predicted basal metabolic rate and cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. International Journal of Cancer, 147(3), 648-661. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.32753
Ibsen, D. B., Steur, M., Imamura, F., Overvad, K., Schulze, M. B., Bendinelli, B., Guevara, M., Agudo, A., Amiano, P., Aune, D., Barricarte, A., Ericson, U., Fagherazzi, G., Franks, P. W., Freisling, H., Quiros, J. R., Grioni, S., Heath, A. K., Huybrechts, I. ... Wareham, N. J. (2020). Replacement of Red and Processed Meat With Other Food Sources of Protein and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in European Populations: The EPIC-InterAct Study. Diabetes Care, 43(11), 2660-2667. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc20-1038

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