nutrihealth
The NutriHealth Group investigates the mechanisms by which nutrition influences health.
activities
The NutriHealth Group activities include scrutinising nutritional exposure through food patterns and (non-) nutrient characterisation, and modelling the diet-disease relationship, with a particular focus on metabolic and health related conditions.
More specifically, the group seeks to provide the research, medical and general population communities with easy-to-use (bio-)markers to assess emerging risk factors of morbidities, such as oxidative stress, antioxidant status, inflammation, and body composition disturbances. This is achieved via in vitro/cellular modelling and human observational and intervention studies, exploring a variety of markers ranging from questionnaires/indices and individual compounds to -omics based tools, also studying factors resulting in inter-individual differences to dietary exposure, such as genetic background and microbiome.
The NutriHealth goal is to expand our expertise to better understand the relationship between (non-) nutrients, dietary patterns and chronic and age-related health issues such as cardiometabolic diseases, cancer, frailty and cognitive aspects, and to contribute to improve the control and prevention of diseases via translational research.
Partners
Projects & clinical trials
Some of the group’s research projects include:
- I2TRON – a translational research project exploring mechanisms link dietary fiber, markers of inflammation related to disease and the gut microbiota
- SUSTEATABLE – To assess the sustainability of the Luxembourgish food system
- Obesity & cardiometabolic issues in adult residents in Luxembourg (2007 – 2017)
- Dietary patterns in Luxembourg and relation to cardiometabolic diseases
- METHOOD – Investigating the relationships between the socio-economic and physical environmental characteristics of residential neighborhoods, behavioral CM risk factors with a focus on dietary habits and physical activity, and the metabolic syndrome.
- CAROFIBER – Revealing the influence of dietary fiber on the bioavailability of carotenoids, as well as studying Interactions of gut microbiota and carotenoids – UPCOMING
Featured team members
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Torsten
Bohn Group Leader -
Miguel
Cifuentes PhD Student -
Zahra
Hejazi PhD Student -
Bernadette
Leners Laboratory Technician -
Alejandra
Loyola Leyva Postdoctoral Fellow -
Guilherme
Ramos Meyers PhD Student -
Hanène
Samouda Scientist -
Anushka
Shukla PhD Student
Scientific publications
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Dietary carotenoids and breast cancer risk – 30/09/2025
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Using the SMART-Farm Tool to identify linchpin farming practices for the improvement of the atmosphere-related sustainability performance of the Luxembourgish agriculture sector – 27/09/2025
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Safety of an extension of use of pasteurised
Akkermansia muciniphila as a novel food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283. – 25/09/2025
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Beta-glucans from oats or barley and reduction of postprandial glycaemic responses – 19/09/2025
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Negative impact of soluble, gel-forming dietary fibres on the bioaccessibility of β-carotene, lutein, and lycopene – 15/09/2025
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Calcium sulphate and reduction in body weight – 11/09/2025
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Safety of the fungal biomass from Fusarium species strain flavolapis as a novel food pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 – 08/09/2025
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Safety of rhamnogalacturonan-I enriched carrot fibre (cRG-I) as a novel food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 – 29/08/2025
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Safety of lacto-N-tetraose (LNT) produced by a derivative strain (
Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655 INB_LNT_01) of
E. coli K-12 MG1655 (ATCC 700926) as a novel food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283. – 13/08/2025
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Individual Genomic Loci, Transcript Levels, and Serum Profiles of Immune and Antioxidant Markers Associated with Bacteria-Induced Abortion in Sheep (Ovis aries) – 31/07/2025
Related News
Job vacancies
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Master’s Internship Position in Nutrition Sciences (AS)
Department of Precision Health – Nutrition & Health Research Group
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Research Engineer in Nutrition Sciences (JA/RE0925/TB/NUTRI)
Department of Precision Health – Nutrition & Health Research Group
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Master’s Internship Position in Nutrition, Dietary Exposures, and Chronic Disease Outcomes (ZH)
Department of Precision Health – Nutrition & Health Research Group