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    • 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 ...
    • Wigodski, Sabrina; Carrasco, Fernando; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Barrera, Gladys; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Maza Cave, María Pía de la (Elsevier Inc., 2019)
      © 2018 Elsevier Inc.Objectives: International cutoff points for the diagnosis of sarcopenia are not applicable to the Chilean population due to previous evidence of a lower lean mass and strength in this population. ...
    • Pollak, Felipe; Araya, Verónica; Lanas, Alejandra; Sapunar, Jorge; Arrese, Marco; Aylwin, Carmen Gloria; Bezanilla, Carmen Gloria; Carrasco, Elena; Carrasco, Fernando; Codner Dujovne, Ethel; Díaz Bustos, Erik; Durruty, Pilar; Galgani Fuentes, José; García, Hernán; Lahsen Matus de la Parra, Rodolfo; Liberman, C (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2015)
      © 2015 Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All Rights Reserved.Insulin resistance is a prevalent condition commonly associated with unhealthy lifestyles. It affects several metabolic pathways, increasing risk of abnormalities at ...
    • Manrique, Mónica; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Carrasco, Fernando; Moreno, Manuel; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; García, Jaime; Díaz, Jaime; Liberman, Claudio (2009)
      The risk of complications of obesity is proportional to body mass index and is higher in severe or morbid obesities and when abdominal or visceral fat is predominant. In Chile the prevalence of obesity is increasing. ...
    • Carrasco, Fernando; Manrique, Mónica; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Moreno, Manuel; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; García, Jaime; Díaz, Jaime; Liberman, Claudio (2009)
      This is an updated review of the available treatments for obesity, that can be used when lifestyles modifications fail. Using the available information and the experience of the members of this advisory group, a recommendation ...
    • Hernández, Wilfredo; Carrasco, Fernando; Vaisberg, Abraham; Spodine Spiridonova, Evgenia; Manzur, Jorge; Icker, Maik; Krautscheid, Harald; Beyer, Lothar (Hindawi, 2020)
      Eight new thiosemicarbazone derivatives, 6-(1-trifluoroethoxy)pyridine-3-carbaldehyde thiosemicarbazone (1), 6-(4 '-fluorophenyl)pyridine-3-carbaldehyde thiosemicarbazone (2), 5-chloro-pyridine-3-carbaldehyde thiosemicarbazone ...
    • Schifferli, Ingrid; Orellana Cáceres, Juan José; Morales, Gladys; Inostroza, Jorge; Carrasco, Fernando (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, Chile, 2020)
      Background: Equations for the evaluation of fat-free mass (FFM) and fat mass (FM) with Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) were formulated in Caucasian populations. International recommendations suggest that ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...