PhD defence: From Dietary Assessment to Health Outcomes

Dietary Patterns and Effects of Calcium Supplementation in Danish Postmenopausal Women

Sadime Basak Kisi

PhD thesis

Menopause accelerates bone loss and increases cardiometabolic risk. Diet is modifiable, but evidence is limited by dietary measurement error and single-nutrient approaches that overlook patterns, food matrices, and context. Calcium is recommended for bone health, yet cardiovascular safety is debated and may depend on dose, formulation, and background diet.

This PhD integrates three Danish studies to strengthen knowledge in Danish postmenopausal women: validation of the web-based dietary tool myfood24® against biomarkers, identification of dietary patterns associated with bone health, and a 12-month randomized trial comparing dairy-derived calcium (± inulin) with calcium carbonate and placebo on cardiovascular risk markers.

2026, 183 pages.

Assessment Committee

Professor Christian Mølgaard (Chair), Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Professor, Susan Alexandra Lanham-New, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Surrey, United Kingdom.

Research Associate Anne Ahrendt Bjerregaard, Section of Epidemiology, Center for Clinical research and prevention (CCRP), Bispebjerg & Frederiksberg Hospital, Denmark.

Main Supervisor

Professor Inge Tetens, PhD, Professor in Nutrition and Ageing, Deputy Head of Department for Research, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Co Supervisor

Chief Physician Mette Friberg Hitz, MD, PhD, Head of Department, Dept of Medicine, University Hospital Herlev Gentofte, Denmark.

Place

Building 'Marmorhallen', Auditorium A2-70.04, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg C.

Copy of thesis

Ask for a copy of the thesis here: ite@nexs.ku.dk