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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Dahm, C. C., Carlsen, A. H., Tjønneland, A., Sørensen, T. I. A. & Overvad, K. (2013). PROGNOSIS AFTER ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE ACCORDING TO BODY SIZE: A COHORT STUDY. Abstract from Society for Epidemiologic Research 46th Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, Boston, MA, United States. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwt103

Outzen, M., Brasso, K., Martinussen, N., Christensen, J., Tjønneland, A., Friis, S. & Olsen, A. (2013). Prostate cancer in Denmark 1978-2009--trends in incidence and mortality. Acta Oncologica, 52(4), 831-6. https://doi.org/10.3109/0284186X.2012.702922

Ritte, R., Tikk, K., Lukanova, A., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A. V., Overvad, K., Dossus, L., Fournier, A., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Grote, V., Boeing, H., Aleksandrova, K., Trichopoulou, A., Lagiou, P., Trichopoulos, D., Palli, D., Berrino, F., Mattiello, A., Tumino, R. ... Kaaks, R. (2013). Reproductive factors and risk of hormone receptor positive and negative breast cancer: a cohort study. B M C Cancer, 13(1), 584. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-13-584

Van Schaik, F. D. M., Oldenburg, B., Hart, A. R., Siersema, P. D., Lindgren, S., Grip, O., Teucher, B., Kaaks, R., Bergmann, M. M., Boeing, H., Carbonnel, F., Jantchou, P., Boutron-Ruault, M. C., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Crowe, F. L., Peeters, P. H. M., Van Oijen, M. G. H. & Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B. (2013). Serological markers predict inflammatory bowel disease years before the diagnosis. Gut, 62(5), 683-688. https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2012-302717

Dallal, C. M., Stone, R. A., Cauley, J. A., Ness, R. B., Vogel, V. G., Fentiman, I. S., Fowke, J. H., Krogh, V., Loft, S., Meilahn, E. N., Muti, P., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Sieri, S., Tjønneland, A., Ursin, G., Wellejus, A. & Taioli, E. (2013). Urinary estrogen metabolites and breast cancer: a combined analysis of individual level data. International Journal of Biological Markers, 28(1), 3-16. https://doi.org/10.5301/JBM.2012.9353

Duell, E. J., Lujan-Barroso, L., Llivina, C., Muñoz, X., Jenab, M., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Racine, A., Boeing, H., Buijsse, B., Canzian, F., Johnson, T., Dalgård, C., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A. V., Sánchez, S. C., Sánchez-Cantalejo, E., Huerta, J.-M. ... González, C. A. (2013). Vitamin C transporter gene (SLC23A1 and SLC23A2) polymorphisms, plasma vitamin C levels, and gastric cancer risk in the EPIC cohort. Genes & Nutrition, 8(6), 549-60. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12263-013-0346-6

Hansen, C. P., Berentzen, T. L., Østergaard, J. N., Dahm, C. C., Hellgren, L. I., Schmidt, E. B., Tjønneland, A., Sørensen, T. I. A., Overvad, K. & Jakobsen, M. U. (2012). Adipose tissue trans fatty acids and changes in body weight and waist circumference.

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