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    • Reyes, Sussanne; Peirano Campos, Patricio; Luna, Beatriz; Lozoff, Betsy; Algarín Crespo, Cecilia Rosa (Nature Publishing, 2015)
      BACKGROUND: Reward system and inhibitory control are brain functions that exert an influence on eating behavior regulation. We studied the differences in inhibitory control and sensitivity to reward and loss avoidance ...
    • Caruffo, Mario; Navarrete, Natalie; Salgado, Oscar; Díaz, Angélica; López, Paulina; García, Katherine; Feijóo, Carmen Gloria; Navarrete Wallace, Paola (Frontiers Media, 2015)
      Due to the negative consequences associated with the use of antibiotics, researchers, and food producers have studied alternatives, such as probiotics, for the control of fish diseases. The probiotic properties of yeasts ...
    • Olguín, F.; Araya, Magdalena; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Brunser, O.; Ayala, V.; Rivera, R.; Gotteland, Martín (ELSEVIER, 2005-06)
      Prebiotics increase intestinal levels of health-promoting bacteria implicated in decreasing pathogen colonization, stimulating immune functions and stabilizing gut barrier functions, parameters which are altered in burn ...
    • Weinborn, Valerie; Valenzuela Venegas, Carolina; Olivares, Manuel; Arredondo Olguín, Miguel; Weill, Ricardo; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando (Royal Soc Chemistry, 2017-05-01)
      The aim of this study was to establish the effect of a prebiotic mix on heme and non-heme iron (Fe) bioavailability in humans. To this purpose, twenty-four healthy women were randomized into one of two study groups. One ...
    • Lera Marques, Lydia; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Angel Badillo, Bárbara Karen; Sánchez Reyes, Hugo; Picrin, Yaisy; Hormázabal, María José; Quiero, Andrea (2014)
      Objetivos: Desarrollar un modelo antropométrico de predicción de masa muscular apendicular esquelética (MMAE), en adultos mayores chilenos. Metodos: La muestra estudiada corresponde a 616 adultos > 60 anos (69,9 +- 5,2 ...
    • Reyes García, Sussanne; Peirano Campos, Patricio; Lozoff, Betsy; Algarin Crespo, Cecilia (Cambridge University Press, 2020)
      Introduction Obesity has been associated with lower white matter integrity (WMI) in limbic brain regions, including the fornix. Both early decrease of WMI in the fornix (WMIf) and midlife obesity have been related to ...
    • Vasquez, F; Corvalan, C; Gahagan, S; Uauy, R; Kain, J (Elsevier Inc.usjcs@elsevier.com, 2020)
    • Carrera Gil, Frank; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Jiménez Jaime, Teresa; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Hirsch Birn, Sandra (Elsevier, 2020)
      Objectives: Predictive equations are frequently used to estimate resting energy expenditure (REE) because indirect calorimetry (IC) is not always available and is expensive. The aim of this study was to determine the ...
    • Lera Marques, Lydia; Santos, José Luis; García Ghiringheli, Carola; Arroyo Albala, Patricia; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2005-11)
      Aim: The aim of this study was to develop predictive equations based on anthropometric data to estimate stature in people 60 years and older in Latin America. Design: Population-based cross-sectional study in three Latin ...
    • 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, ...
    • Buttigieg, Angie; Flores, Osvaldo; Hernández, Alejandro; Sáez Briones, Patricio; Burgos, Héctor; Morgan Sabat, Carlos (Elsevier, 2014)
      Obesity is a worldwide epidemic that is increasing at an alarming rate. One of its causes is the increased availability and consumption of diets rich in fat. In the present study, we investigated the effects of ...
    • Pereira, Ana; Merino Osorio, Paulina; Iñíguez Vila, Germán; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Mericq, Verónica (Karger, 2016)
    • Guerrero, N.; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Barrera Acevedo, María Gladys; Leiva Balich, Laura; Henríquez Parada, Sandra (Elsevier, 2016)
      Introduction: Muscle mass and function are among the most relevant factors that contribute to an optimal quality of life, and are strong predictors of mortality in the elderly. Loss of lean tissues and deterioration of ...
    • Pizzi, Costanza; Cole, Tim J.; Richiardi, Lorenzo; Dos Santos Silva, Isabel; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; De Stavola, Bianca (2014)
      Background: Studying prenatal influences of early life growth is relevant to life-course epidemiology as some of its features have been linked to the onset of later diseases. Methods: We studied the association between ...
    • Navarrete, Mario; Núñez, Héctor; Ruiz, Samuel; Soto Moyano, Rubén; Valladares Boasi, Luis; White Ortiz, Allan; Pérez, Hernán (ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, ELSEVIER HOUSE, 2007-05)
      Prenatal undernutrition is known to disturb the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, possibly through the programming of decreased expression of hypothalamic and pituitary glucocorticoid receptors. To test this ...
    • Churio, Osmaly; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Valenzuela Venegas, Carolina (Elsevier, 2018)
      Our work aimed to develop and characterize different alginate beads with either non-heme iron or a blend of heme/non-heme iron. We chose non-heme iron salts such as ferrous sulfate (FS), ferrous ammonium sulfate (FAS), ...
    • Cediel, Gustavo; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; López de Romaña, Daniel; Mericq, Verónica; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo (Amer Acad Pediatrics, 2016)
      OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the following from prepuberty to the puberty-onset: (1) changes in serum 25-hydroxyvitamin-D (25[OH]D), adiposity, and insulin resistance (IR); (2) the effect of prepubertal adiposity on serum 25(OH)D ...
    • Saludes Betanzo, María José; Troncoso Herrera, Miriam; Figueroa Gronemeyer, Guillermo (Elsevier, 2015)
      Objectives: To compare Listeria monocytogenes strains obtained from food matrices with those from environmental samples in the same food processing plant. Methods and results: Between 2008 and 2012 the presence of L. ...
    • Bustamante, Fernanda; Maury Sintjago, Eduard; Cerda Leal, Fabiola; Acuña, Sergio; Aguirre, Juan; Troncoso, Miriam; Figueroa, Guillermo; Parra Flores, Julio (MDPI, 2020)
      Ready-to-eat (RTE) artisanal foods are very popular, but they can be contaminated by Listeria monocytogenes. The aim was to determine the presence of L. monocytogenes in artisanal RTE foods and evaluate its food safety ...
    • Olivares Grohnert, Manuel; Méndez, Marco; Astudillo, Pablo; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando (The American Society for Nutrition, 2008)
      Serum or plasma copper and ceruloplasmin concentrations are the most widely used laboratory indicators to evaluate copper status. Both indicators are decreased in moderate or severe copper deficiency. The activity of ...