Marleen Lentjes

Marleen Lentjes is a Senior Lecturer and nutritional epidemiologist at Örebro University, Department of Medical Sciences. She holds positions as course coordinator, examiner, and basic group supervisor in the medical program. Her research focuses on dietary behavior, particularly how food choices (both in and outside the home) influence health. She leads projects like 'Mat i Sverige' (Eating in Sweden), developing culturally adapted dietary assessment tools, and collaborates with Natasha Webster on the 'Supermarket Safari' initiative to promote healthy food choices in supermarkets.

• Education: PhD and studies at the University of Cambridge (EPIC-Norfolk), Dietetics & Health Sciences (Health Education).
• Active projects include validation of dietary assessment tools for diverse ethnic groups and interventions targeting dietary acculturation.
• Teaching: Coordinates courses such as 'Reproduction and Development' and lectures on 'Nutritional Epidemiology.'
• Research groups: Involved with Nutrition-Gut-Brain Interactions, Clinical Epidemiology, and Disease Prevention.

Her articles emphasize dietary patterns in aging populations, cultural adaptation of food habits, and links between nutrition and chronic conditions like Parkinson’s and dementia. Collaborations include work with UK Biobank and international researchers on glaucoma and inflammatory biomarkers.