Browsing by Title Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos
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(Elsevier, 2016)Introduction: Muscle mass and function are among the most relevant factors that contribute to an optimal quality of life, and are strong predictors of mortality in the elderly. Loss of lean tissues and deterioration of ...
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(2014)Background: Studying prenatal influences of early life growth is relevant to life-course epidemiology as some of its features have been linked to the onset of later diseases. Methods: We studied the association between ...
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(ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, ELSEVIER HOUSE, 2007-05)Prenatal undernutrition is known to disturb the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, possibly through the programming of decreased expression of hypothalamic and pituitary glucocorticoid receptors. To test this ...
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(Elsevier, 2018)Our work aimed to develop and characterize different alginate beads with either non-heme iron or a blend of heme/non-heme iron. We chose non-heme iron salts such as ferrous sulfate (FS), ferrous ammonium sulfate (FAS), ...
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(Amer Acad Pediatrics, 2016)OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the following from prepuberty to the puberty-onset: (1) changes in serum 25-hydroxyvitamin-D (25[OH]D), adiposity, and insulin resistance (IR); (2) the effect of prepubertal adiposity on serum 25(OH)D ...
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(Elsevier, 2015)Objectives: To compare Listeria monocytogenes strains obtained from food matrices with those from environmental samples in the same food processing plant. Methods and results: Between 2008 and 2012 the presence of L. ...
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(MDPI, 2020)Ready-to-eat (RTE) artisanal foods are very popular, but they can be contaminated by Listeria monocytogenes. The aim was to determine the presence of L. monocytogenes in artisanal RTE foods and evaluate its food safety ...
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(The American Society for Nutrition, 2008)Serum or plasma copper and ceruloplasmin concentrations are the most widely used laboratory indicators to evaluate copper status. Both indicators are decreased in moderate or severe copper deficiency. The activity of ...
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(2000-11)Objective: Aging is associated with increased risk of developing anemia and micronutrient deficiencies. Wheat-based staple foods are iron fortified in Chile. We aimed to establish the prevalence and etiology of anemia in ...
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(SAGE, 2015)Background: In Latin America and the Caribbean, anemia has been a public health problem that affects mainly women of childbearing age and children under 6 years of age. However, the current prevalence of anemia in this ...
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(Sage, 2015)Objective: The aim is to describe the prevalence of chronic diseases and conditions that may affect the oral health and oral health self-care of independent living Chilean older adults. Method: In all, 4,766 residents ...
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(Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2020)
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(2013)Metabolic syndrome (MS) related to adult type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease is prevalent among obese children/adolescents. Genetic variants of the leptin-melanocortin system have been associated ...
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(American Thoracic Society, 2017)
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(SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2004-10)Background: The prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors is increasing in aboriginal populations in Chile. Aim: To study the prevalence of obesity, type 2 diabetes and serum lipids in two aboriginal populations, Mapuche ...
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(Sociedad Médica de Santiago, Chile, 2020)Background: The assessment of frailty among older people could help to reduce its social and health burden. Aim: To determine and characterize the prevalence of frailty in Chilean older adults. Material and Methods: We ...
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(SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2011-03)Background: Older subjects have a high risk of developing zinc and copper deficiencies. Aim: To determine the prevalence of copper and zinc deficiencies in adults aged over 60 years, living in Metropolitan Santiago. Subjects ...
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(Wiley, 2017)Background: Addressing childhood obesity in Latin America requires a package of multisectoral, evidence‐based policies that enable environments conducive to healthy lifestyles. Objective: Identify and examine key elements ...
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(Frontiers Media, 2021)The host microbiome plays an essential role in health and disease. Microbiome modification by pathogens or probiotics has been poorly explored especially in the case of probiotic yeasts. Next-generation sequencing currently ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2018)Background: Chile has a very high prevalence of childhood obesity; 25% among 4-5y olds. Numerous school-based strategies have been implemented with no lasting improvement. Given that parents are key in obesity prevention ...