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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Olsen, A., Christensen, J., Knudsen, K. E. B., Johnsen, N. F., Overvad, K. & Tjønneland, A. (2011). Prediagnostic plasma enterolactone levels and mortality among women with breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 128(3), 883-889. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-011-1397-2

Schlehofer, B., Siegmund, B., Linseisen, J., Schüz, J., Rohrmann, S., Becker, S., Michaud, D., Melin, B., Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, H., Peeters, P. H. M., Vineis, P., Tjonneland, A., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Romieu, I., Boeing, H., Aleksandrova, K., Trichopoulou, A., Bamia, C. ... Wahrendorf, J. (2011). Primary brain tumours and specific serum immunoglobulin E: a case-control study nested in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition cohort. Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 66(11), 1434-1441. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1398-9995.2011.02670.x

Larsen, S. B., Olsen, A., Lynch, J., Christensen, J., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A., Johansen, C. & Dalton, S. O. (2011). Socioeconomic position and lifestyle in relation to breast cancer incidence among postmenopausal women: A prospective cohort study, Denmark, 1993-2006. Cancer Epidemiology, 35(5), 438-441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2010.12.005

Menvielle, G., Kunst, A. E., van Gils, C. H., Peeters, P. H., Boshuizen, H., Overvad, K., Olsen, A., Tjonneland, A., Hermann, S., Kaaks, R., Bergmann, M. M., Illner, A.-K., Lagiou, P., Trichopoulos, D., Trichopoulou, A., Palli, D., Berrino, F., Mattiello, A., Tumino, R. ... Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B. (2011). The contribution of risk factors to the higher incidence of invasive and in situ breast cancers in women with higher levels of education in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition. American Journal of Epidemiology, 173(1), 26-37. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwq319

Dahm, C. C., Østergaard, J. N., Gorst-Rasmussen, A., Jakobsen, M. U., Schmidt, E. B., Tjønneland, A. & Overvad, K. (2011). The Treelet Transform - a novel method for determining patterns in adipose tissue fatty acids. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 65 (Suppl 1), a71.

Dahm, C. C., Østergaard, J. N., Gorst-Rasmussen, A., Jakobsen, M. U., Schmidt, E. B., Tjønneland, A. & Overvad, K. (2011). The Treelet Transform - a novel method for determining patterns in adipose tissue fatty acids. Poster session presented at IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Dossus, L., Becker, S., Rinaldi, S., Lukanova, A., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Chabbert-Buffet, N., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Teucher, B., Chang-Claude, J., Pischon, T., Boeing, H., Trichopoulou, A., Benetou, V., Valanou, E., Palli, D., Sieri, S. ... Kaaks, R. (2011). Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, soluble TNF receptors and endometrial cancer risk: The EPIC study. International Journal of Cancer, 129(8), 2032-2037. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.25840

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