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Birgit Teucher

Researcher at German Cancer Research Center

Publications -  104
Citations -  8485

Birgit Teucher is an academic researcher from German Cancer Research Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition & Prospective cohort study. The author has an hindex of 55, co-authored 104 publications receiving 7467 citations.

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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

TL;DR: Adherence to the WCRF/AICR recommendations for cancer prevention may lower the risk of developing most types of cancer.
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Dietary Fibre Intake and Risks of Cancers of the Colon and Rectum in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)

TL;DR: The results strengthen the evidence for the role of high dietary fibre intake in colorectal cancer prevention and the association between total dietary fibre and risk of coloreCTal cancer risk did not differ by age, sex, or anthropometric, lifestyle, and dietary variables.
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Fruit and vegetable intake and type 2 diabetes: EPIC-InterAct prospective study and meta-analysis.

TL;DR: An updated meta-analysis using pooled data from five studies including EPIC-InterAct found that subtypes of vegetables, such as root vegetables or GLVs may be beneficial for the prevention of diabetes, while total FVI may exert a weaker overall effect.
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The link between family history and risk of type 2 diabetes is not explained by anthropometric, lifestyle or genetic risk factors : The EPIC-InterAct study

TL;DR: The InterAct case-cohort study investigated the association between a family history of diabetes among different family members and the incidence of type 2 diabetes, as well as the extent to which genetic, anthropometric and lifestyle risk factors mediated this association.