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
Fridén, M., MacDonald, C. J., Tobias, D. K., Stern, D., Chiu, Y. H. & Ibsen, D. B. (2026). Best (but oft forgotten) practices: Applying the target trial framework in nutrition research. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 124(1), Article 101362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2026.101362
Antoniussen, C. S., Ibsen, D. B., Olsen, A., Overvad, O. K., Vasson, F., Severi, G., Dragic, D., Truong, T., Fortner, R. T., Le Cornet, C., Schulze, M. B., Di Girolamo, C., Pala, V., Doccioli, C., Agudo, A., Guevara, M., Tin Tin, S., Jackson, I. G., Gunter, M. J. ... Dahm, C. C. (2026). Changes in alcohol consumption and the risk of postmenopausal breast cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition cohort. European Journal of Nutrition, 65(5), Article 170. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-026-04008-5
Pham, T. T., Nimptsch, K., Aleksandrova, K., Jenab, M., Fedirko, V., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Cadeau, C., Severi, G., Schulze, M. B., Fortner, R. T., Katzke, V., Agnoli, C., Sacerdote, C., Tumino, R., Signoriello, S., Trobajo-Sanmartín, C., Gómez, J. H., Chirlaque, M. D. ... Pischon, T. (2026). Circulating fatty acid binding protein 4 (FABP-4) concentrations and mortality in individuals with colorectal cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study. International Journal of Cancer, 158(3), 546-559. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.70090
Blanco-Lopez, J., Yammine, S., Rothwell, J. A., His, M., Biessy, C., Keski-Rahkonen, P., Chimera, B., Jacobs, I., Al Nahas, A., Koc Cakmak, E., Robinson, O., Morales Berstein, F., Cairat, M., Chang, K., Vamos, E. P., Millet, C., Bertazzi Levy, R., Rauber, F., Rinaldi, S. ... Huybrechts, I. (2026). Circulating metabolites and fatty acids associated with ultra-processed food consumption: results from the EPIC study. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 66(25), 4805-4818. https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2026.2629025
Zilhao, N. R., Zhang, J., Boomsma, D. I., Sørensen, T. I. A. & Dahm, C. C. (2026). Deviation From Genetically Predicted BMI and All-Cause Mortality: A Cohort Study in the UK Biobank. Obesity, 34(1), 228-236. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.70042
Rizzolo-Brime, L., Lujan-Barroso, L., Farran-Codina, A., Bou, R., Nicolas, G., Huybrechts, I., Lasheras, C., Montes, E. M., Colorado-Yohar, S., Gasque, A., Dahm, C. C., Bock, N., Olsen, A., Tjønneland, A., Katzke, V., le Cornet, C., Schulze, M. B., Saieva, C., Sieri, S. ... Jakszyn, P. (2026). Dietary nitrosyl-heme from processed meats and its association with colorectal cancer risk: findings from the EPIC cohort study. Nutrition Journal, 25(1), Article 14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12937-025-01266-7
Manfredi, L., Buscema, F., Giraudo, M. T., Sodano, B., Padroni, L., Destefanis, C., Freisling, H., Ferrari, P., Cesaroni, G., Uzzau, S., Schulze, M. B., Saieva, C., Tumino, R., Weiderpass, E., Matta, K., Vaccarella, S., Guevara, M., Halkjær, J., Tjønneland, A. ... Ricceri, F. (2026). Does lifestyle explain the relationship between socioeconomic position and multimorbidity of cancer and cardiometabolic diseases? A mediation analysis applied to the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 80(1), 3-9. Article jech-2025-224476. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2025-224476