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    • Galván, Marcos; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; López Rodríguez, Guadalupe; Kain Berkovic, Juliana (2013)
      Studies conducted in developing countries have noted associations between concurrent stunting, socialemotional problems and poor cognitive ability in young children. However, the relative contribution of these variables in ...
    • González Escalona, Narjol; Martínez Urtaza, Jaime; Romero Ormazábal, Jaime; Espejo Torres, Romilio; Jaykus, Lee-Ann; De Paola, Angelo (AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY, 2008-04)
      Vibrio parahaemolyticus is an important human pathogen whose transmission is associated with the consumption of contaminated seafood. There is a growing public health concern due to the emergence of a pandemic strain causing ...
    • Martínez Mier, E. A.; Cury, J. A.; Heilman, J. R.; Katz, B. P.; Levy, S. M.; Li, Y.; Maguire, A.; Margineda, J.; O’Mullane, D.; Phantumvanit, P.; Soto Rojas, A. E.; Stookey, G. K.; Villa Litovosky, Alberto; Wefel, J. S.; Whelton, H.; Whitford, G. M.; Zero, D. T.; Zhang, W.; Zohouri, V. (Karger, 2011)
      Background/Aims: Currently available techniques for fluoride analysis are not standardized. Therefore, this study was designed to develop standardized methods for analyzing fluoride in biological and nonbiological samples ...
    • Colombo, John; Carlson, Susan E.; Algarin Crespo, Cecilia; Reyes, Sussanne; Chichlowski, Maciej; Harris, Cheryl L.; Wampler, Jennifer L.; Peirano Campos, Patricio; Lynn Berseth, Carol (Nature, 2020)
      BACKGROUND: Few studies have evaluated nutritive effects of prebiotics on infant behavior state, physiology, or metabolic status. METHODS: In this double-blind randomized study, infants (n = 161) received cow's milk-based ...
    • Sánchez, Hugo; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Hertrampf, Eva; Verdugo Latorre, Renato; Lavados Montes, Manuel; Castillo Carrasco, José; Lera Marques, Lydia; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo (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 ...
    • Sánchez Reyes, Hugo; Masferrer, Dominique; Lera Marques, Lydia; Arancibia, Estrella; Ángel Badillo, Bárbara; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (SENPE, 2014)
      Introducción: El objetivo del estudio es estimar si el déficit de B12 se asocia con el uso de la metformina en adultos mayores (AM) diabéticos. Métodos: Estudio de casos y controles en AM diabéticos. Los casos (n = ...
    • Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Solomons, Noel (AMER SOCIETY NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE, 2005-12)
      Cancer results from the interaction of genetic susceptibility and environmental exposures. The diagnosis of cancer is age related; there is a marked increase in cancer incidence after the reproductive years. Nutrient and ...
    • Estévez, Virginia; Araya, Magdalena (Sociedad Chilena de Nutrición, 2016)
      The gluten-free foods global market has significantly grown during the last decade. Gluten-free diet represents the treatment for celiac disease, non-celiac gluten sensitivity and wheat allergy. Another group of persons ...
    • Uribarri, Jaime; Castillo, María Dolores del; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Filip, Rosana; Gugliucci, Alejandro; Luevano Contreras, Claudia; Macias Cervantes, Maciste; Markowicz Bastos, Deborah; Medrano, Alejandra; Menini, Teresita; Portero Otin, Manuel; Rojas, Armando; Rodrigues Sampaio, Geni; Wrobel, Kazimierz; Wrobel, Katarzyna; Garay Sevilla, Eugenia (American Society for Nutrition, 2015)
      Over the past 2 decades there has been increasing evidence supporting an important contribution from food-derived advanced glycation end products (AGEs) to the body pool of AGEs and therefore increased oxidative stress ...
    • Bascuñán Gamboa, Karla; Araya Quezada, Magdalena; Roncoroni, Leda; Doneda, Luisa; Elli, Luca (Oxford University Press, 2020)
      The gut microbiota plays a relevant role in determining an individual's health status, and the diet is a major factor in modulating the composition and function of gut microbiota. Gluten constitutes an essential dietary ...
    • Martínez Arroyo, Ángela; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Palma Molina, Ximena; Ceballos Sánchez, Ximena; Mara Fisberg, Regina (MDPI, 2020)
      Diet during adolescence can have lasting effects on nutritional status, health, and development. We hypothesized that dietary patterns with low-quality nutrition are associated with overweightness. We collected data for ...
    • Zapata Lamana, Rafael; Monsalves Álvarez, Matías; Cigarroa Cuevas, Igor; Castro Sepúlveda, Mauricio; Salazar Rodríguez, Gabriela; Abad Colil, Felipe (Sociedad Chilena de Nutrición, 2016)
      Objective: To describe body mass index (BMI), body composition, basal metabolic rate, physical condition and the relationship between them in Chilean kindergarten teachers. Subjects and Methods: 46 teachers (age 39,5 +/- ...
    • Castro Cisterna, Silvia; Amoretti, Enzo; Leyton Dinamarca, Barbara de Lourdes; Soto Sánchez, Johana (Soc Chilena Nutrición, 2021)
      Introducción: Chile, en los últimos 40 años, ha presentado cambios sociales que han influido en el nivel de vulnerabilidad de niños, niñas y adolescentes. Este nivel es determinado a través del índice de vulnerabilidad ...
    • Cifuentes, Mariana; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Rojas Baechler, Cecilia (SOC BIOLGIA CHILE, 2008)
      It has been proposed that differences in adipocyte function and/or metabolism between obese and lean individuals may manifest themselves in functional adipose tissue abnormalities that lead to metabolic disorders in obesity. ...
    • Cordero Mattos, Ninoska; Maza, Felipe; Navea Pérez, Helen; Aravena, Andrés; Márquez Fontt, Bárbara; Navarrete Wallace, Paola; Figueroa Gronemeyer, Guillermo; González Canales, Mauricio; Latorre Mora, Mauricio; Reyes Jara, Angélica (Frontiers Media, 2016)
      Listeria monocytogenes has become one of the principal foodborne pathogens worldwide. The capacity of this bacterium to grow at low temperatures has opened an interesting field of study in terms of the identification and ...
    • Carrasco Pozo, Catalina; Mizgier, María Luisa; Speisky Cosoy, Hernán; Gotteland, Martín (Elsevier, 2012)
      The beneficial effects of dietary polyphenols on health are due not only to their antioxidant properties but also to their antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and/or anti-tumoral activities. It has recently been proposed that ...
    • Muñoz, Carlos; López, Marcelo; Olivares Grohnert, Manuel; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Arredondo Olguín, Miguel Armando; Araya, Magdalena (EUROPEAN CYTOKINE NETWORK, 2005-12)
      Backgound. Copper (Cu) is an essential trace element for many biological processes including maintenance of both innate and acquired branches of immunity. Objective. To measure the effect of copper supplementation on IL-2 ...
    • Moreno, Ximena; Lera Marques, Lydia; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (Public Library Science, 2020)
      Background Chile has one of the highest life expectancies at 60 years in South America. This study was aimed to determine healthy life expectancies among Chilean older people, according to self-rated health and disability, ...
    • Suárez, María Dolores; Sáez, María Isabel; Rincón Cervera, Miguel Ángel; Hidalgo, Luis; Guil-Guerrero, José Luis (Natl. Centre Marine, Grecia, 2021)
      This work focused on determining the fatty acid (FA) composition of commonly discarded fish on the Spanish Mediterranean coast in winter and summer to assess their potential use as raw sources of very long-chain polyunsaturated ...
    • González Céspedes, Laura; Fretes, Gabriela; Ríos, Patricia; Estigarribia, Gladys; Viveros, Guiomar; Aguilar, Gloria; Joy, Laura; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Bangdiwala, Shrikant (Asoc. Española Dietistas Nutricionistas, 2020)
      Introduction: The aim was to design a multi-component randomized controlled community study and evaluate its effect in the prevention of obesity in schoolchildren from the department of Caaguazu, Paraguay. Material and ...