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Suazo, José; Smalley, Susan Valerie; Hodgson, María Isabel; Weisstaub, Gerardo; González, Andrea; Santos, José Luis (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2014)Background: Metabolic Syndrome (MS) is highly prevalent among obese children and adolescents and is considered a predictor for the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease. Obesity is associated ...
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Guerra m, Ximena; Bedregal, Paula; Weisstaub, Gerardo; Caro M, Patricia (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2017)© 2017 Rev Med Chile. All right reserved.Background: Women in Chile are mainly responsible in the formation of eating habits in the population, particularly at their homes. Aim: To explore the association of physical ...
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Bravo M., Paulina; Balboa, Paulina; Torrejón, Claudia; Bozzo, Rodrigo; Boza, María Lina; Contreras, Ilse; Jorquera, Pablo; Astorga, Luis; Weisstaub, Gerardo (ARAN Ediciones S.A., 2018)© 2018 SENPE and Arán Ediciones S.L. Background: cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common inherited disease in Caucasian population. Nowadays, long survival has led to the emergence of new complications, such as CF bone ...
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Burrows, Raquel; Leiva Balich, Laura; Weisstaub, Gerardo; Lera Marques, Lydia; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Blanco, Estela; Gahagan, Sheila (2011)Objective: To determine how the homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) is related to metabolic risk in a sample of overweight and obese Chilean youths accounting for Tanner stage. Methods: A cross-sectional ...
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Roine, Irmeli; Weisstaub, Gerardo; Peltola, Heikki (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2010)Background: Malnutrition may be an important cofactor explaining poor outcome of childhood bacterial meningitis (BM) in developing countries. We examined its effect in Latin American children. Methods: The weight-for-age ...
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Vildoso Fernández, Mario; Rodríguez Osiac, Lorena; Weisstaub, Gerardo (Sociedad Chilena de Pediatría, 2020)
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Weisstaub, Gerardo; Aguilar, Ana Maria; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo (United Nations University Press, 2014)© 2014, The Nevin Scrimshaw International Nutrition Foundation. Seven million children under 5 years of age died worldwide in 2011, and one-third had malnutrition. Latin America and Caribbean countries stand out for the ...