Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos
Recent Submissions
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(Sociedad Médica de Santiago, Chile, 2022)
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(Frontiers Media, 2022)Pet food can be a source of microbiological hazards that might affect companion animals and owners. Even though owners usually rely on conventional pet diets, such as extruded diets, new feeding practices, such as raw ...
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(Nature Portfolio, 2022)Connections between food security and nutrition (FSN) and mental health have been analytically investigated, but conclusions are difficult to draw given the breadth of literature. Furthermore, there is little guidance ...
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(Wiley, 2022)Obesity is an epidemic that has led to a rise in the incidence of many comorbidities: among others, reduced fertility is often under-evaluated in clinical practice. The mechanisms underlying the link between reduced fertility ...
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(MDPI, 2022)Soil microorganisms that inhabit extreme environments have unique metabolic capacities and/or physical structures that allow them to survive in oligotrophic conditions. The bioprospecting of unknown bacteria in the context ...
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(Ediciones UC, 2021)
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(BMC, 2022)Background: Breast cancer incidence is increasing rapidly in Latin America, with a higher proportion of cases among young women than in developed countries. Studies have linked inflammation to breast cancer development, ...
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Grip strength trajectories and cognition in english and chilean older adults: a cross-cohort study (MDPI, 2022)Growing evidence about the link between cognitive and physical decline suggests the early changes in physical functioning as a potential biomarker for cognitive impairment. Thus, we compared grip-strength trajectories ...
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(MDPI, 2022)Background: Frailty has emerged as one of the main geriatric syndromes to be prevented in order to improve quality of health and life in the elderly. In this sense, the characterization of this syndrome through reliable ...
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(MDPI, 2022)Glucocorticoids (GC) are steroids hormones that drive circulating glucose availability through gluconeogenesis in the liver. However, alternative splicing of the GR mRNA produces two isoforms, termed GR alpha and GR beta. ...
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(Frontiers Media, 2022)
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(MDPI, 2022)In addition to their use in human medicine, antimicrobials are also used in food animals and aquaculture, and their use can be categorized as therapeutic against bacterial infections. The use of antimicrobials in aquaculture ...
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(Nature, 2022)This study compared different approaches to measuring breast density and breast tissue composition (BTC) in adolescent girls (n = 42, aged 14–16 years) and their mothers (n = 39, aged 36–61 years) from a cohort in Santiago, ...
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(MDPI, 2022)Food systems are one of the main contributors to climate change. Sustainable diets are one strategy to mitigate climate change. Assessments and estimations at a national level are lacking, especially in the Global South, ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2021)En 2017, las enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles (ENT) fueron la causa del 73% de las muertes en el mundo. En Chile, los resultados de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud (ENS) 2016-2017 evidencian que la población tiene ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2023)Introducción: La enfermedad por hígado graso no alcohólico se caracteriza por ser la enfermedad hepática con mayor prevalencia a nivel mundial, en la cual existe un aumento de triglicéridos en los hepatocitos (esteatosis), ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2023)Introducción: Actualmente existe un aumento en la incidencia de resistencia a la insulina (RI) y esteatosis hepática en la población. La fibra dietética juega un rol protector en la prevención como tratamiento de estas ...
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(Dove Medical Press Ltd, New Zealand, 2022)Purpose: Sleep is essential for life and plays a key role for optimal physiology, brain functioning, and health. Evidence suggests a relation between sleep and cerebral white matter integrity. Human studies report that ...
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(Universidad de Chile. INTAJUNAEB, 2017)
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(Universidad de Chile. INTAJunta Nacional de Auxilio Escolar y Becas (Chile), 2017)
