Nutritional Epidemiology

PhD Student

Anna Stubbendorff is a registered dietitian. She holds BSc in Media and Communication from Lund University (2003), a BSc in Clinical Nutrition from Suhr’s Metropolitan University College in Copenhagen (2009). Additionally, Anna has taken several postgraduate courses in the field of nutrition. In 2019, Anna began her PhD studies in the Nutritional Epidemiology group. Her projects focus on sustainable nutrition.

Anna has experience working in a clinical setting developing more sustainable food programmes in hospitals. Anna has also been a program manager for the Swedish Association of Clinical Dietitians with projects addressing public health, cancer prevention, non-communicable diseases and sustainable food consumption. Anna has prior NGO experience working with  sustainability and human rights in India.

Anna’s PhD research is focused on perspectives of health and climate and inequalities in health. Anna is enrolled in the Agenda 2030 Graduate School. She will examine sustainable nutrition within the broader framework of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Publications

• Serum immunoglobulin concentrations and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults: a prospective cohort study from the TCLSIH study
  July 29, 2024 by Li Zhang
  Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a metabolic disorder characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion and/or insulin action. Increasing evidence suggests that inflammation played an important role in the pathogenesis of T2DM. Prospective studies on the link between immunoglobulins concentrations and the risk of T2DM in adults are limited. We developed a […]
• A systematic evaluation of seven different scores representing the EAT-Lancet reference diet and mortality, stroke, and greenhouse gas emissions in three cohorts
  June 7, 2024 by Anna Stubbendorff
  Different approaches have been used for translation of the EAT-Lancet reference diet into dietary scores that can be used to assess health and environmental impact. Our aim was to compare the different EAT-Lancet diet scores, and to estimate their associations with all-cause mortality, stroke incidence, and greenhouse gas emissions. We did a systematic review (PROSPERO, […]
• The EAT-Lancet Diet Index, Plasma Proteins, and Risk of Heart Failure in a Population-Based Cohort
  April 4, 2024 by Shunming Zhang
  CONCLUSIONS: Higher adherence to the EAT-Lancet diet was associated with a lower risk of HF. The identified eight plasma proteins provide information on potential pathways mediating such an association.
• Clusters of carbohydrate-rich foods and associations with type 2 diabetes incidence: a prospective cohort study
  December 19, 2023 by Kjell Olsson
  CONCLUSIONS: A dietary pattern defined by a high intake of fruits was associated with a lower incidence of type 2 diabetes. The findings provide additional evidence of a potential protective effect from fruit intake in reducing type 2 diabetes risk. Future studies are needed to explore this association further.
• Association of depression with incident sarcopenia and modified effect from healthy lifestyle: The first longitudinal evidence from the CHARLS
  October 7, 2023 by Yunyun Liu
  CONCLUSIONS: Depression was associated with a higher risk of sarcopenia in Chinese adults, and such a risk may be alleviated by adhering to a healthy lifestyle.