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
Tjønneland, A., Christensen, J., Thomsen, B. L., Olsen, A. V., Overvad, K., Ewertz, M. K. & Mellemkjær, L. (2004). Hormone replacement therapy in relation to breast carcinoma incidence rate ratios: a prospective Danish cohort study. Cancer, 100(11), 2328-37.
Johnsen, N. F., Hausner, H., Olsen, A. V., Tetens, I., Christensen, J., Bach Knudsen, K. E., Overvad, K. & Tjønneland, A. (2004). Intake of whole grains and vegetables determines the plasma enterolactone concentration of Danish women. Journal of Nutrition, 134, 2691-2697.
Tjønneland, A., Christensen, J., Thomsen, B. L., Olsen, A. V., Stripp, C., Overvad, K. & Olsen, J. H. (2004). Lifetime alcohol consumption and postmenopausal breast cancer rate in Denmark: a prospective cohort study. The Journal of Nutrition, 134(1), 173-178.
Vogel, U., Olsen, A., Wallin, H., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A. & Nexø, B. A. (2004). No association between GPX Pro198Leu and risk of basal cell carcinoma. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 13(8), 1412-3.
Vogel, U., Olsen, A. V., Wallin, H., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A. & Nexø, B. A. (2004). No association between OGG1 Ser326Cys and risk of basal cell carcinoma. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 13(10), 1680-1681.
Olsen, A. V., Bach Knudsen, K. E., Thomsen, B. L., Loft, S., Stripp, C., Overvad, K., Møller, S. & Tjønneland, A. (2004). Plasma enterolactone and breast cancer incidence by estrogen receptor status. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 13(12), 2084-2089.
Vogel, U. B., Laros, I., Jacobsen, N. R., Thomsen, B. L., Bak, H., Olsen, A. V., Bukowy, Z., Wallin, E. H. R., Overvad, K., Tjønneland, A., Nexø, B. A. & Raaschou-Nielsen, O. L. (2004). Two regions in chromosome 19q13.2-3 are associated with risk of lung cancer. Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis, 546(1-2), 65-74.