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    • Academically oriented activity breaks for first-grade chilean students: development and pilot testing effectiveness 
      Kain Berkovic, Juliana; Ortega, Alejandra; Garmendia Miguel, María Luisa; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Marambio, Paola; Rojas, Joanna; Muñoz, Camila; Leyton Dinamarca, Bárbara (Sage, 2020)
      We developed and pilot tested the effectiveness of a physically active academic program, Active Breaks (AB), whose objective is to increase school time moderate/vigorous physical activity (MVPA) among first graders, through ...
    • Anthropometry, body shape in early-life and risk of premenopausal breast cancer among Latin American women: ... 
      His, Mathilde; Biessy, Carine; Torres Mejía, Gabriela; Ángeles Llerenas, Angélica; Alvarado Cabrero, Isabel; Sánchez, Gloria Inés; Borrero, Mauricio; Porras, Carolina; Rodríguez, Ana Cecilia; Garmendia Miguel, María Luisa; Olivier, Magali; Porter, Peggy L.; Lin, MingGang; Gunter, Marc J.; Romieu, Isabelle; Rinaldi, Sabina (Nature, 2020)
      Cumulating evidence in Caucasian women suggests a positive association between height and premenopausal breast cancer risk and a negative association with overall adiposity; however data from Latin America are scarce. We ...
    • Association between prepregnancy obesity and metabolic risk in chilean premenopausal women 10 y postpartum 
      Garmendia Miguel, María Luisa; Zamudio Cañas, Carolina; Araya Bannout, Marcela; Kain Berkovic, Juliana (Elsevier, 2017-06)
      Objectives: One of every four pregnant women in Chile is obese. Gestational obesity is associated with maternal metabolic complications in pregnancy (e.g., gestational diabetes, preeclampsia), but to our knowledge, there ...
    • Effect of excessive gestational weight on daughters’ breast density at the end of puberty onset 
      López, Ana; Garmendia Miguel, María Luisa; Shepherd, John; Michels, Karin; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Pereira Scalabrino, Ana (Nature, 2020)
      The effect of excessive gestational weight gain (EGWG) is related to adverse health outcomes in the offspring; however, its effect on the daughters' breast density is unclear. We aimed to assess the association between ...
    • Effectiveness of a normative nutrition intervention in Chilean pregnant women on maternal and neonatal ... 
      Garmendia Miguel, María Luisa; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Araya, Marcela; Casanello, Paola; Kusanovic, Juan Pedro; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo (Oxford, 2020)
      Background: Some nutritional interventions have shown their efficacy in reducing gestational weight gain (GWG); however, their applicability in routine care is limited. Objective: We assessed the effectiveness of a ...
    • Gestational weight gain recommendations for Chilean women: a mathematical optimization approach 
      Garmendia Miguel, María Luisa; Matus, O.; Mondschein, S.; Kusanovic, J. P. (Elsevier, 2018)
      Objectives: We examined if the guidelines for gestational weight gain (GWG) proposed by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) are the most suitable for Chilean women. Study design: Secondary analysis of records of single ...
    • Latin America and the Caribbean Code Against Cancer: Developing Evidence-Based recommendations to reduce ... 
      Cazap, Eduardo; Almeida, Liz María de; Arrossi, Silvina; García, Patricia J.; Garmendia Miguel, María Luisa; Gil, Enrique; Hassel, Trevor; Mayorga, Rubén; Mohar, Alejandro; Murillo, Raúl; Owen, Gabriel O.; Paonessa, Diego; Santamaría, Julio; Tortolero Luna, Guillermo; Zoss, Walter; Herrero, Rolando; Luciani, Silvana; Schuz, Joachim; Espina, Carolina (American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2019)
    • Metabolic Syndrome and Mammographic Density in Premenopausal Chilean Women 
      Martínez Arroyo, Ángela; Moreno Macías, Hortensia; Pereira Scalabrino, Ana; Garmendia Miguel, María Luisa (Routledge, 2017)
      Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) has been previously associated with an increased risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women. Mammographic density (MD) is a marker of breast cancer risk. There is little evidence ...
    • Nutrition status of children in Latin America 
      Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Garmendia Miguel, María Luisa; Jones-Smith, J.; Lutter, C. K.; Miranda, J. J.; Pedraza, L. S.; Popkin, B. M.; Ramírez Zea, M.; Salvo, D.; Stein, A. D. (Wiley, 2017)
      The prevalence of overweight and obesity is rapidly increasing among Latin American children, posing challenges for current healthcare systems and increasing the risk for a wide range of diseases. To understand the factors ...
    • Predictors of gestational weight gain among chilean pregnant women: the chilean maternal and infant nutrition ... 
      Garmendia Miguel, María Luisa; Mondschein, Susana; Matus, Omar; Murrugarra, Ruth; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo (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, ...
    • The Presence and Duration of Overweight Are Associated with Low-Grade Inflammation in Prepubertal Chilean Children 
      Costa, Mage; Garmendia Miguel, María Luisa; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Reyes Jedlicki, Marcela (Mary Ann Liebert, 2016)
      Background: Overweight is associated with low-grade inflammation, but it is under debate whether the effect of fat mass accumulation is acute or chronic. We aimed to study the association of overweight duration with low-grade ...
    • Ultra-processed food consumption and breast cancer risk 
      Huybrechts, Inge; Romieu, Isabelle; Kandpur, Neha; Katsikari, Katerina; Torres Mejía, Gabriela; Sánchez, Gloria I.; Garmendia Miguel, María Luisa; Porras, Carolina; Biessy, Carine; Gunter, Marc J.; Monteiro, Carlos Augusto; Rinaldi, Sabina (Cambridge Univ., 2020)
      Objectives: The consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPF) has been linked to an increased risk of cancer in western populations, particularly for breast cancer (BC). Although the consumption of UPF is increasing rapidly ...