Post.doc., M.Sc.
Ph.D. in Human Nutrition

Biography
Marianne Uhre Jakobsen is M.Sc. in human nutrition and Ph.D. in nutritional epidemiology. Her research focuses on the association between dietary fatty acids and the development of obesity, the metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease. At present, her research is based on data from the Danish follow-up study ”Diet, Cancer and Health” and data from the multi-centre follow-up study European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) which include data from the Danish study.
Marianne Uhre Jakobsen is involved in national (DanORC) (http://www.danorc.dk) and international research projects (HEPADIP (http://www.hepadip.org), PANACEA (http://www.epicnl.eu), and Diogenes (http://www.diogenes-eu.org)).

Selected publications

Jakobsen MU, Overvad K, Dyerberg J, Schroll M, Heitmann BL. Dietary fat and risk of coronary heart disease: possible effect modification by gender and age. American Journal of Epidemiology 2004;160:141-9.

Jakobsen MU, Bysted A, Andersen NL, Heitmann BL, Hartkopp HB, Leth T, Overvad K, Dyerberg J. Intake of ruminant trans fatty acids in the Danish population aged 1-80 years. Eur J Clin Nutr 2006;60:312-8.

Jakobsen MU, Bysted A, Andersen NL, Heitmann BL, Hartkopp HB, Leth T, Overvad K, Dyerberg J. Intake of ruminant trans fatty acids and risk of coronary heart disease – an overview. Atheroscler Suppl 2006;7:9-11.

Jakobsen MU, Berentzen T, Sørensen TI, Overvad K. Abdominal obesity and fatty liver. Epidemiologic Reviews 2007;29:77-87.

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