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
Dam, V., Onland-Moret, N. C., Burgess, S., Chirlaque, M.-D., Peters, S. A. E., Schuit, E., Tikk, K., Weiderpass, E., Oliver-Williams, C., Wood, A. M., Tjønneland, A., Dahm, C. C., Overvad, K., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Schulze, M. B., Trichopoulou, A., Ferrari, P., Masala, G., Krogh, V. ... van der Schouw, Y. T. (2022). Genetically determined reproductive aging and coronary heart disease: A Bidirectional 2-sample Mendelian Randomization. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 107(7), e2952–e2961. https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgac171
Kohls, M., Freisling, H., Charvat, H., Soerjomataram, I., Viallon, V., Davila-Batista, V., Kaaks, R., Turzanski-Fortner, R., Aleksandrova, K., Schulze, M. B., Dahm, C. C., Tilma Vistisen, H., Rostgaard-Hansen, A. L., Tjønneland, A., Bonet, C., Sánchez, M.-J., Colorado-Yohar, S., Masala, G., Palli, D. ... Arnold, M. (2022). Impact of cumulative body mass index and cardiometabolic diseases on survival among patients with colorectal and breast cancer: a multi-centre cohort study. BMC Cancer, 22(1), Article 546. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-022-09589-y
Ibsen, D. B. (Ed.), Edgar, D., Sand, S., Svantström, Å., Julin, B., Eneroth, H., Bjermo, H., Weiss, M. B., Lemming, E. W. (Ed.), Kristersson, M. (Ed.), Åkesson, A. (Ed.) & Poulsen, M. (Ed.) (2022). L 2022 nr 11 - Risk and benefit assessment of whole grain intake in the Swedish adult population. Livsmedelsverket. Livsmedelsverkets rapportserie No. 11 https://www.livsmedelsverket.se/om-oss/publikationer/sok-publikationer/artiklar/2022/l-2022-nr-11-risk-and-benefit-assessment-of-whole-grain-intake-in-the-swedish-adult-population/
Ibsen, D. B., Mogensen, L., Corredig, M. & Dahm, C. C. (2022). Legumes in a sustainable healthy diet: (How) to be or not to be, that is the question. International Journal of Food Design, 7(2), 171-185. https://doi.org/10.1386/ijfd_00044_3
Kliemann, N., Ould Ammar, R., Biessy, C., Gicquiau, A., Katzke, V., Kaaks, R., Tjønneland, A., Olsen, A., Sánchez, M.-J., Crous-Bou, M., Pasanisi, F., Tin Tin, S., Perez-Cornago, A., Aune, D., Christakoudi, S., Heath, A. K., Colorado-Yohar, S. M., Grioni, S., Skeie, G. ... Gunter, M. J. (2022). Metabolically Defined Body Size Phenotypes and Risk of Endometrial Cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 31(7), 1359-1367. https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-22-0160
Rothwell, J. A., Murphy, N., Bešević, J., Kliemann, N., Jenab, M., Ferrari, P., Achaintre, D., Gicquiau, A., Vozar, B., Scalbert, A., Huybrechts, I., Freisling, H., Prehn, C., Adamski, J., Cross, A. J., Pala, V. M., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Dahm, C. C., Overvad, K. ... Gunter, M. J. (2022). Metabolic Signatures of Healthy Lifestyle Patterns and Colorectal Cancer Risk in a European Cohort. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 20(5), e1061-e1082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2020.11.045
Vissers, L. E. T., Sluijs, I., Burgess, S., Forouhi, N. G., Freisling, H., Imamura, F., Nilsson, T. K., Renström, F., Weiderpass, E., Aleksandrova, K., Dahm, C. C., Perez-Cornago, A., Schulze, M. B., Tong, T. Y. N., Aune, D., Bonet, C., Boer, J. M. A., Boeing, H., Chirlaque, M. D. ... van der Schouw, Y. T. (2022). Milk intake and incident stroke and CHD in populations of European descent: a Mendelian randomisation study. The British Journal of Nutrition, 128(9), 1789-1797. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114521004244