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
Meyer, A., Carbonnel, F., Dahm, C. C., Halkjær, J., Tjønneland, A., Schulze, M. B., Sacerdote, C., Tumino, R., Oldenburg, B., Huerta, J. M., Guevara, M., Aune, D., Gunter, M. J., Heath, A. K., Vineis, P., Tong, T. Y. N., Amiot, A. & Chan, S. S. M. (2026). Fruits, vegetables, legumes and potatoes and risk of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. The American Journal of Gastroenterology, 121(3), 733-744. Article 10.1097/EBP.0000000000002471. https://doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000000003602
Maasen, K., Mayen, A. L., Hana, C., Knaze, V., van Greevenbroek, M. M. J., Eussen, S. J. P. M., Debras, C., Stehouwer, C. D. A., Tjønneland, A., Kyrø, C., Ibsen, D. B., Dahm, C. C., Mancini, F., Laouali, N., Hajji, M., Schulze, M. B., Bajracharya, R., Katzke, V., Masala, G. ... Schalkwijk, C. G. (2026). Higher intake of dietary dicarbonyl compounds is associated with lower incidence of type 2 diabetes: European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-InterAct case-cohort study. European Journal of Nutrition, 65(3), Article 98. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-026-03904-0
Jørgensen, M. E., Pauls, D. D., Ibsen, D. B. & Bruun, J. M. (2026). Impact of Lifestyle Intervention on Long-Term Beverage Intake in Children with Overweight and Obesity: A 3-Year Follow-Up Study. Nutrients, 18(1), Article 147. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu18010147
López-Padilla, M. F., Seoane-Miraz, D., Guiñón-Fort, D., Almanza-Aguilera, E., Dahm, C. C., Louati-Hajji, M., Cadeau, C., Mancini, F., Bajracharya, R., Katzke, V., Schulze, M. B., Masala, G., Agnoli, C., Signoriello, S., Padroni, L., Lasheras, C., Sánchez, M. J., Aizpurua Atxega, A., Colorado-Yohar, S. M. ... Zamora-Ros, R. (2026). Intake of the Total, Classes, and Subclasses of (Poly)phenols and Breast Cancer Risk: A Prospective Analysis of the EPIC Study. Antioxidants, 15(3), Article 342. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox15030342
Frederiksen, T. C., Nadarajah, R., Christiansen, M. K., Wu, J., Gale, C. P., Benjamin, E. J., Olsen, A., Andersen, M. K., Hansen, T., Grarup, N., Dahm, C. C. & Jensen, H. K. (2026). Interaction between clinical and genetic risk of atrial fibrillation in the danish diet, cancer and health cohort. Open Heart, 13(1), Article e004078. https://doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2026-004078
Li, S. X., Imamura, F., Sharp, S. J., Schulze, M. B., Zheng, J. S., Amiano, P., Ardanaz, E., Bergmann, M. M., Chirlaque, M. D., Fagherazzi, G., Franks, P. W., Grioni, S., Ibsen, D. B., Jakszyn, P., Johansson, I., Katzke, V. A., Laouali, N., Mancini, F. R., Overvad, O. K. ... Wareham, N. J. (2026). Interactions between genetic predisposition to obesity, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes risk, and food or beverage intake for incident type 2 diabetes: European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) InterAct case–cohort study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 123(3), Article 101198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2026.101198
Bonet, C., Rizzolo-Brime, L., Montañés, S., Hajji, M., Marques, C., Severi, G., B Schulze, M., Dahm, C. C., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., De Magistris, M. S., Pala, V., Catalano, A., Skeie, G., Brustad, M., Jensen, T. E., Sánchez, M. J., Guevara, M., Castro, N. C. ... Jakszyn, P. (2026). Meat Intake and Risk of Gastric and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma in the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) Study. International Journal of Cancer. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.70486