Research Strategy To initiate and conduct nutritional epidemiological research to be published in peer-reviewed international journals To participate in international studies on the relationship between diet and lifestyle diseases To organise all expertise within the field of nutritional epidemiology in Denmark To contribute to the coordination of ongoing and future nutritional epidemiological projects, in order to ensure comparability between different methods, usage and validation To create a basis for new research and Ph.D.-projects within the field of nutritional epidemiology To play a significant role regarding pre-, as well as post-graduate training within the field of nutritional epidemiology at all levels