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    • Ruz, Manuel; Castillo-Duran, Carlos; Lara, Ximena; Codoceo, Juana; Rebolledo, Annabella; Alalah, Eduardo (American Society for Nutrition, 1997)
      Apparently healthy preschool children (46 boys, 52 girls) aged 27-50 mo from low socioeconomic conditions who attended daycare centers in Santiago participated in a 14-mo long double-blind zinc supplementation trial. Unlike ...
    • Pérez Bazán, Álvaro; Arenas Rojas, Pamela; Carrasco Naranjo, Fernando; Basfi-fer Obregón, Karen; Pérez Bravo, Francisco; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza Escobar, Jorge; Galgani, José E.; Gilmore, L. Anne; Ruz Ortiz, Manuel (Elsevier, 2018)
      Background/objective: Interest in healthy properties of food and nutrients as co-adjuvant in type-2 diabetes therapy has increased in recent years. Zinc supplementation trials have shown improvements in glycemic control in ...
    • Carrasco, Fernando; Basfi-fer Obregón, Karen; Rojas, Pamela; Valencia, Alejandra; Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza, Jorge; Ruz, Manuel (Springer New York LLC, 2014)
      Background: A major long-term concern after gastric bypass (GBP) is the risk of osteoporosis; however, little is known about this complication in patients undergoing sleeve gastrectomy (SG). Objective: To evaluate changes ...
    • Carrasco, Fernando; Ruz, Manuel; Arenas Rojas, Pamela; Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Rebolledo, Annabella; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza, Jorge; Basfi-fer Obregón, Karen; Papapietro Vallejo, Karin; Vargas Rojas, Jorge Antonio; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Olivares, Manuel (2009)
      Background: Gastric bypass surgery (GBP) is increasingly used as a treatment option in morbid obesity. Little is known about the effects of this surgery on bone mineral density (BMD) and the underlying mechanisms. To ...
    • Carrasco, Fernando; Arenas Rojas, Pamela; Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza, Jorge; Basfi-fer Obregón, Karen; Papapietro Vallejo, Karin; Watkins, Guillermo; Vargas Rojas, Jorge Antonio; Ruz, Manuel (2012)
      Objective: Ghrelin is a potent stimulator of appetite and synthesized in the stomach. Its role in weight loss after gastric bypass (GBP) is still controversial. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relation between ...
    • Carrasco, F.; Rojas, P.; Ruz, Manuel; Rebolledo Acevedo, Annabella; Mizón, Claudio; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza Escobar, Jorge; Papapietro Vallejo, Karin; Csendes Juhasz, Attila (2007)
      Objective: To compare measured resting energy expenditure (REE) with that predicted by formulas derived from populations with normal weight or obesity and from women with severe and morbid obesity. Material and methods: ...
    • Carrasco, Fernando; Arenas Rojas, Pamela; Ruz, Manuel; Rebolledo, Anabella; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza, Jorge; Mizón, Claudio; Papapietro Vallejo, Karin; Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Rojas, Jorge; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Olivares, Manuel (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2008)
      Background: The effects of gastric bypass (GBP) on resting energy expenditure (REE) are not well known. Aim: To evaluate the changes in REE and its relationship with body composition in severe and morbid obese women before ...
    • Basfi-fer Obregón, Karen; Rojas, P. S.; Carrasco, F.; Valencia, A., Mauricio; Inostroza, J.; Codoceo, Juana; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Olivares, M.; Papapietro Vallejo, Karin; Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Rojas, J.; Adjemian, D.; Calderón, E.; Ruz, M. (2012)
      Introduction: Bariatric surgery allows a significant reduction in weight and improvement of comorbidities associated with obesity in the long term, but it can also adversely affect the nutritional status of some micronutrients. ...
    • Hernández, María Catalina; Rojas Moncada, Pamela; Carrasco Naranjo, Fernando; Basfi-fer Obregón, Karen; Valenzuela Báez, Rodrigo; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza Escobar, Jorge; Ruz Ortiz, Manuel (Elsevier, 2020)
      Background/Objective: Membrane flexibility can be a determining factor in pathophysiological mechanisms of type 2 diabetes (T2D). As a cofactor of delta-5 desaturase (D5D) and delta-6 desaturase (D6D), and gene expression ...
    • Ruz, Manuel; Carrasco, Fernando; Rojas, Pamela; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza, Jorge; Basfi-fer Obregón, Karen; Valencia, Alejandra; Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Papapietro Vallejo, Karin; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Olivares, Manuel; Westcott, Jamie L.; Hambidge, K. Michael; Krebs, Nancy F. (2012)
      Background: The effect of bariatric surgery on iron absorption is only partially known. Objective: The objective was to study the effects of sleeve gastrectomy (SG) and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) on heme- and ...
    • Sambra Vásquez, Verónica; Rojas Moncada, Pamela; Basfi-fer Obregón, Karen; Valencia, Alejandra; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza, Jorge; Carrasco, Fernando; Ortiz, Manuel Ruz (Grupo Aula Medica S.A., 2015)
      © 2015 Grupo Aula Medica S.A. All rights reserved.Introduction: the quality of fats could influence the metabolic control of patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM2). Objectives: to determine the relationship between ...
    • Ruz, Manuel; Carrasco, Fernando; Arenas Rojas, Pamela; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza, Jorge; Rebolledo, Annabella; Basfi-fer Obregón, Karen; Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Papapietro Vallejo, Karin; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Olivares, Manuel; Sian, Lei; Westcott, Jamie L.; Hambidge, K. Michael; Krebs, Nancy F. (2009)
      Background: Iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia are common in patients who undergo gastric bypass. The magnitude of change in iron absorption is not well known. Objective: The objective was to evaluate the effects ...
    • Mizón, Claudio; Ruz, Manuel; Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Carrasco, Fernando; Rebolledo Acevedo, Annabella; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza Escobar, Jorge; Papapietro Vallejo, Karin; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Ordóñez Pizarro, Fernando (ELSEVIER, 2007)
      Objective: We report the case of a 42-y-old morbidly obese woman who presented persistent anemia as result of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Methods: The surgical procedure conducted in 1999 consisted of horizontal gastroplasty ...
    • Basfi-fer Obregón, Karen; Valencia, Alejandra; Arenas Rojas, Pamela; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza, Jorge; Vega, Claudia; Díaz, Emma; Riffo, Andrea; Adjemian Gallo, Daniela; Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Papapietro Vallejo, Karin; Carrasco, Fernando; Ruz, Manuel (2011)
      The objective of this study was to evaluate the changes of dietary intake and quality of the diet in patients undergoing gastric bypass and sleeve surgery. In 36 women with severe and morbid obesity it was assessed their ...
    • Hernández Rodas, María Catalina; Rojas Moncada, Pamela; Carrasco Naranjo, Fernando; Basfi-fer Obregón, Karen; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza Escobar, Jorge; Ruz Ortiz, Manuel (Soc. Chilena Nutrición, 2020)
      High concentrations of free fatty acids (FFA) have been associated with the pathogenesis of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes (T2D), making lipolysis regulation a priority in these patients. Through its insulin-mimetic ...
    • Ruz, Manuel; Carrasco, Fernando; Arenas Rojas, Pamela; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza, Jorge; Basfi-fer Obregón, Karen; Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Papapietro Vallejo, Karin; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Olivares, Manuel; Sian, Lei; Westcott, Jamie L.; Miller, Leland V.; Hambidge, K. Michael; Krebs, Nancy F. (2011)
      Background: Micronutrient deficiencies are common in patients undergoing gastric bypass. The effect of this type of surgery on zinc absorption and zinc status is not well known. Objective: The objective was to evaluate the ...
    • Vivero, Ariel; Ruz Ortiz, Manuel; Rivera, Matías; Miranda, Karen; Sacristán, Camila; Espinosa, Alejandra; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza Escobar, Jorge; Vásquez, Karla; Pérez Bazán, Álvaro; García Díaz, Diego; Arredondo Olguín, Miguel (Springer, 2020)
      Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) is a metabolic disorder caused by chronic hyperglycemia due to a deficiency in the secretion and/or action of insulin. Zinc (Zn) supplementation and strength exercise increases insulin ...
    • Pérez, Alvaro; Arenas Rojas, Pamela; Carrasco, Fernando; Basfi-fer Obregón, Karen; Pérez Bravo, Francisco; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza, Jorge; Ruz, Manuel (Humana Press Inc., 2018)
      © 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. Glucagon dysregulation is an essential component in the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes. Studies in vitro and in animal models have shown that zinc ...