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Overview

Anja Olsen is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and primarily works in the field of medicine. Their research encompasses a broad range of topics, focusing particularly on public health, nutrition, and disease risk factors.

The scientist's contributions span several subfields within medicine, including:

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Physiology
  • Oncology
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Nutrition and Dietetics

Olsen's main topics of study concentrate on nutritional effects on health and disease prevention. Major areas include:

  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Diet and Metabolism Studies
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Cancer Risks and Factors
  • Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Vitamin D Research Studies

Their research has been published frequently in several scientific venues, with notable publication counts in:

  • BMC Medicine
  • European Journal of Epidemiology
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • International Journal of Cancer
  • European Journal of Nutrition

Notable recent papers include:

  • Lifestyle factors and risk of multimorbidity of cancer and cardiometabolic diseases: a multinational cohort study (2020, BMC Medicine)
  • RETRACTED: Estimating dose-response relationships for vitamin D with coronary heart disease, stroke, and all-cause mortality: observational and Mendelian randomisation analyses (2021, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology)
  • Plasma Vitamin C and Type 2 Diabetes: Genome-Wide Association Study and Mendelian Randomization Analysis in European Populations (2020, Diabetes Care)
  • Effects of whole-grain wheat, rye, and lignan supplementation on cardiometabolic risk factors in men with metabolic syndrome: a randomized crossover trial (2020, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)
  • Adherence to the EAT-Lancet Diet and Risk of Stroke and Stroke Subtypes: A Cohort Study (2021, Stroke)

Throughout their career, Olsen has collaborated extensively with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Anne Tjønneland
  • Christina C. Dahm
  • Kim Overvad
  • Elisabete Weiderpass
  • Matthias B. Schulze

In addition to journal articles, Olsen has contributed to academic books, including work published by King's College London. Among these is the 2022 publication titled "Aktørkortlægning og værdiskabende klimatilpasning:nye metoder til strategisk planlægning."

Best Publications

  • Meat, Fish, and Colorectal Cancer Risk: The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

    Teresa Norat;Sheila Bingham;Pietro Ferrari;Nadia Slimani

  • Modified Mediterranean diet and survival: EPIC-elderly prospective cohort study

    Antonia Trichopoulou;Philippos Orfanos;Teresa Norat;Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita

  • Study design, exposure variables, and socioeconomic determinants of participation in Diet, Cancer and Health: a population-based prospective cohort study of 57,053 men and women in Denmark.

    Anne Tjønneland;Anja Olsen;Katja Boll;Connie Stripp

  • Body size and breast cancer risk: findings from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC).

    Petra H. Lahmann;Kurt Hoffmann;Naomi Allen;Carla H. Van Gils

  • Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Overall Cancer Risk in the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)

    Paolo Boffetta;Elisabeth Couto;Janine Wichmann;Janine Wichmann;Pietro Ferrari

  • Serum Sex Steroids in Premenopausal Women and Breast Cancer Risk Within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)

    Rudolf Kaaks;Franco Berrino;Timothy Key;Sabina Rinaldi

  • Association between pre-diagnostic circulating vitamin D concentration and risk of colorectal cancer in European populations:a nested case-control study

    Mazda Jenab;H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita;Pietro Ferrari;Franzel J.B. van Duijnhoven

  • Protection of Mice with a Tuberculosis Subunit Vaccine Based on a Fusion Protein of Antigen 85B and ESAT-6

    Anja Weinreich Olsen;Laurens A. H. van Pinxteren;Limei Meng Okkels;Peter Birk Rasmussen

  • Fruit and vegetable intake and the risk of stomach and oesophagus adenocarcinoma in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC-EURGAST).

    Carlos A. González;Guillem Pera;Antonio Agudo;H. Bas Bueno-De-Mesquita

  • Meat intake and risk of stomach and esophageal adenocarcinoma within the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC).

    Carlos A. González;Paula Jakszyn;Guillem Pera;Antonio Agudo

  • Is concordance with World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research guidelines for cancer prevention related to subsequent risk of cancer? : Results from the EPIC study

    Dora Romaguera;Anne Claire Vergnaud;Petra H. Peeters;Petra H. Peeters;Carla H. Van Gils

  • Alcohol attributable burden of incidence of cancer in eight European countries based on results from prospective cohort study

    Madlen Schütze;Heiner Boeing;Tobias Pischon;Jürgen Rehm

  • Lifetime and baseline alcohol intake and risk of colon and rectal cancers in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC).

    Pietro Ferrari;Mazda Jenab;Teresa Norat;Aurelie Moskal

  • Fruit, vegetables, and colorectal cancer risk: the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

    Fränzel J.B. Van Duijnhoven;H. Bas Bueno-De-Mesquita;Pietro Ferrari;Mazda Jenab

  • Consumption of Vegetables and Fruits and Risk of Breast Cancer

    Carla H. Van Gils;Petra H.M. Peeters;H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita;Hendriek C. Boshuizen

  • Reproductive risk factors and endometrial cancer: the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition.

    Laure Dossus;Naomi Allen;Rudolf Kaaks;Kjersti Bakken

  • Dietary Fibre Intake and Risks of Cancers of the Colon and Rectum in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)

    Neil Murphy;Teresa Norat;Pietro Ferrari;Mazda Jenab

  • Blood Pressure and Risk of Renal Cell Carcinoma in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

    Steffen Weikert;Heiner Boeing;Tobias Pischon;Cornelia Weikert

  • Serum levels of IGF-I, IGFBP-3 and colorectal cancer risk: results from the EPIC cohort, plus a meta-analysis of prospective studies.

    Sabina Rinaldi;Rebecca Cleveland;Teresa Norat;Carine Biessy

  • Endogenous sex hormones and endometrial cancer risk in women in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)

    Naomi E. Allen;Timothy J. Key;Laure Dossus;Sabina Rinaldi

Frequent Co-Authors

Anne Tjønneland
Anne Tjønneland University of Copenhagen
Kim Overvad
Kim Overvad Aarhus University
Petra H.M. Peeters
Petra H.M. Peeters Utrecht University
Elio Riboli
Elio Riboli Imperial College London
Antonia Trichopoulou
Antonia Trichopoulou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Rosario Tumino
Rosario Tumino Provincial Health Authority of Syracuse
Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault
Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault University of Paris-Saclay
Heiner Boeing
Heiner Boeing German Institute of Human Nutrition
Kay-Tee Khaw
Kay-Tee Khaw University of Cambridge
Rudolf Kaaks
Rudolf Kaaks German Cancer Research Center

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