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
Recent publications
Publications
Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration/EPIC-CVD/UK Biobank Alcohol Study Group (Christina C. Dahm, Kim Overvad; members) (2018). Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption: combined analysis of individual-participant data for 599 912 current drinkers in 83 prospective studies. Lancet, 391(10129), 1513-1523. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30134-X
Gleerup, H. B., Dahm, C. C., Thim, T., Jensen, S. E., Jensen, L. O., Kristensen, S. D., Bøtker, H. E. & Maeng, M. (2018). Smoking is the dominating modifiable risk factor in younger patients with STEMI. European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care, 2048872618810414. https://doi.org/10.1177/2048872618810414
Laursen, A. S. D., Dahm, C. C., Johnsen, S. P., Tjønneland, A., Overvad, K. & Jakobsen, M. U. (2018). Substitutions of dairy product intake and risk of stroke: a Danish cohort study. European Journal of Epidemiology, 33(2), 201-212. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-017-0271-x
Holm, M., Olsen, A., Kyrø, C., Overvad, K., Kroman, N. & Tjønneland, A. (2018). The Influence of Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Potential Lifestyle Interactions in Female Cancer Development-a Population-Based Prospective Study. Hormones and Cancer, 9(4), 254-264. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12672-018-0338-5
Hansen, L., Tjønneland, A., Køster, B., Brot, C., Andersen, R., Cohen, A. S., Frederiksen, K. & Olsen, A. (2018). Vitamin D Status and Seasonal Variation among Danish Children and Adults: A Descriptive Study. Nutrients, 10(11), Article E1801. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10111801
Imamura, F., Sharp, S. J., Koulman, A., Schulze, M. B., Kröger, J., Griffin, J. L., Huerta, J. M., Guevara, M., Sluijs, I., Agudo, A., Ardanaz, E., Balkau, B., Boeing, H., Chajes, V., Dahm, C. C., Dow, C., Fagherazzi, G., Feskens, E. J. M., Franks, P. W. ... Wareham, N. J. (2017). A combination of plasma phospholipid fatty acids and its association with incidence of type 2 diabetes: The EPIC-InterAct case-cohort study. P L o S Medicine (Print), 14(10), e1002409. Article e1002409. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002409
Hüsing, A., Fortner, R. T., Kühn, T., Overvad, K., Tjonneland, A., Olsen, A., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Severi, G., Fournier, A., Boeing, H., Trichopoulou, A., Benetou, V., Orfanos, P., Masala, G., Pala, V., Tumino, R., Fasanelli, F., Panico, S., Bueno-De-Mesquita, B. H. ... Kaaks, R. (2017). Added value of serum hormone measurements in risk prediction models for breast cancer for women not using exogenous hormones: Results from the EPIC cohort. Clinical Cancer Research, 23(15), 4181-4189. https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-16-3011