Browsing by Author "Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo"
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(Universidad de Chile, 2002)Copper is an essential micronutrient for life, it is required by a wide range of species, from bacteria to yeast, plant and humans. Copper essentiality is based in the capacity of the metal to be an intermediary in the ...
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(BioMed Central Ltd., 2019)Background: Lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) is a plasma enzyme that esterifies cholesterol in high- and low-density lipoproteins (HDL and LDL). Mutations in LCAT gene causes familial LCAT deficiency, which is ...
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(American Society for Nutrition, 1996)Acute copper toxicity is infrequent in humans. The evidence for chronic toxicity is derived principally from patients with Wilson disease and cases of infantile cirrhosis that were related to excessive copper intakes. The ...
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(1995)Mineral requirements of normal infants change according to growth velocity. They are directly associated to needs for obtaining an adequate composition of new tissue, assure an optimal bone mineralization and for maintaining ...
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(Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2014)Background: Women in childbearing ages (WCBA) represent a strategic intervention group to reverse the global trend of increasing obesity. Aim: To conduct a review of studies reporting obesity prevalence in WCBA in Chile ...
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(2013)Background: Obesity is a risk factor for the development of certain types of cancer. Aim: To estimate the proportion of cancers potentially attributable to obesity in men and women in Chile based on the calculation of ...
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(Karger, 2007)Background: Fatty acids can modulate lipid metabolism, this is related to insulin resistance (IR). This study evaluated the relationship of plasma fatty acid profile with IR, fuel oxidative metabolism and plasma lipid ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2017)We identified factors associated with gestational weight gain (GWG) in 1,654 Chilean pregnant women with full-term pregnancies. At baseline, we collected information about sociodemographic, gyneco-obstetric, anthropometric, ...
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(2010)Background: There is a correlation between aging and the decrease of plasma levels of vitamin B-12. Aim: To determine the prevalence of vitamin B-12 and folate deficiency and its hematological impact among older adults ...
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(2011)To describe the regional master plan of nutrition to address maternal and child malnutrition in a 5- year period developed by the Nutrition Technical Group. The Nutrition Technical Group developed a situation analysis ...
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(American Society for Nutrition, 1992)Short-term nitrogen-balance response to traded intakes of a vegetable mixed-protein diet and to a milk-egg protein diet was tested in eight healthy male children aged 12-14 y. They received 72, 104, 136, and 168 mg N · kg ...
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(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2019)© 2018 World Obesity FederationChile approved the law of food labelling and advertising in 2012; this law aims to address the obesity epidemic, particularly in children. The implementation details were published in 2015, ...
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(1992)The protein quality of Lupinus albus cv Multolupa was evaluated in young adult males using the nitrogen balance technique at graded levels of N intake, and compared with egg protein. Lupin protein was consumed at levels ...
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(Oxford University Press, 2018)Background: Adults and young children in countries experiencing the nutrition transition are known to be affected simultaneously by undernutrition and overnutrition. Adolescence is a critical period for growth and development. ...
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(United Nations University Press, 2014)© 2014, The Nevin Scrimshaw International Nutrition Foundation. Seven million children under 5 years of age died worldwide in 2011, and one-third had malnutrition. Latin America and Caribbean countries stand out for the ...
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(2009)Objective: Obesity prevalence among Chilean children is 19?4%. The present study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a school-based obesity prevention programme. Design: Non-randomized controlled study. The intervention ...
