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    • Communicating about eating behaviors. A qualitative study of Chilean women and their health-care providers 
      Gálvez, Patricia; Valencia Canessa, Alejandra; Palomino Pérez, Ana; Cataldo, Marjerie; Schwingel, Andiara (Co-Action Publishing, 2015)
      Good communication between health care providers (HCPs) and patients is critical in achieving positive health outcomes. The purpose of this article was to compare the perceptions of Chilean woman and their HCPs with respect ...
    • Evaluación de la aceptabilidad de dos aceites vegetales con diferentes niveles de ácido alfa-linolénico en ... 
      Valencia Canessa, Alejandra; Valenzuela Báez, Rodrigo; Bascuñán Gamboa, Karla; Chamorro Melo, Rodrigo; Barrera Ramírez, Cynthia; Faune P., Mariana; Jara N., Macarena; Kuratomi M., Cecilia; Moraga F., Andrea; Silva R., Daniela (Universidad de Chile, 2014)
      Polyunsaturated Omega-3 fatty acids (ω-3 PUFA), particularly docosahexaenoic acid (C22:6 ω-3, DHA), are critical nutrients during pregnancy with a key role for visual and brain development. Fish, especially oily fi sh, ...
    • Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Composition of Maternal Diet and Erythrocyte Phospholipid Status in Chilean ... 
      Bascuñán Gamboa, Karla; Valenzuela Báez, Rodrigo; Chamorro Melo, Rodrigo; Valencia Canessa, Alejandra; Barrera Ramírez, Cynthia; Puigrredon Lorenzo, Claudia; Sandoval Zamorano, Jorge; Valenzuela Bonomo, Carlos (MDPI, 2014)
      Chilean diets are characterized by a low supply of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFA), which are critical nutrients during pregnancy and lactation, because of their role in brain and visual development. DHA is the ...
    • Zinc as a potential coadjuvant in therapy for type 2 diabetes 
      Ruz Ortíz, Manuel; Carrasco Naranjo, Fernando; Rojas Mondaca, Pamela; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza Escobar, Jorge; Basfi-fer Obregón, Karen; Valencia Canessa, Alejandra; Vásquez, Karla; Galgani Fuentes, José; Pérez, Alvaro; López, Gloria; Arredondo Olguín, Miguel; Pérez Bravo, Francisco (The United Nations University, 2013)
      Background: Type 2 diabetes is highly prevalent in populations having high rates of overweight and obesity. It is a chronic condition responsible for long-term severe dysfunction of several organs, including the ...