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    • Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Dangour, Alan D. (INT LIFE SCIENCES INST NORTH AMERICA, 2006-05)
      The essential fatty acids (EFAs), particularly the n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPs), are important for brain development during both the fetal and postnatal period. They are also increasingly seen to be ...
    • Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Garmendia Miguel, María Luisa; Jones-Smith, J.; Lutter, C. K.; Miranda, J. J.; Pedraza, L. S.; Popkin, B. M.; Ramírez Zea, M.; Salvo, D.; Stein, A. D. (Wiley, 2017)
      The prevalence of overweight and obesity is rapidly increasing among Latin American children, posing challenges for current healthcare systems and increasing the risk for a wide range of diseases. To understand the factors ...
    • Vio del Río, Fernando Tomás; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Kain Berkovic, Juliana (CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 2008-04)
      Objective: To analyse the nutritional status component of the nutrition transition in Chile in relation to the evolution of obesity rates in all age groups until 2005, comparing these with the goals established by the ...
    • Arazo Rusindo, Migdalia Caridad; Zúñiga, Rommy N.; Cortés Segovia, Pablo; Benavides Valenzuela, Sergio; Pérez Bravo, Francisco Antonio; Castillo Valenzuela, Óscar; Mariotti Celis, María Salome (MDPI, 2022)
      The increase in the Chilean elderly population has promoted public policies to favor an adequate nutrition in later life. This study evaluated the nutritional status, micronutrients intake and serum micronutrients levels ...
    • Olivares Cortés, Sonia; Kain Berkovic, Juliana; Lera Marques, Lydia; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Vio del Río, Fernando Tomás; Morón, C. (NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2004-09)
      Objective: To assess the nutritional status, food consumption and physical activity (PA) habits of Chilean school children, as a baseline for developing an educational intervention. Design: Cross-sectional study. Subjects: ...
    • Rodríguez Letelier, Yanina (Universidad de Chile, 2017-07-05)
      Introducción: El impacto de la malnutrición por déficit en la salud cognitiva y cerebral ha sido bien estudiado. Menos exploradas han sido las consecuencias de la malnutrición por exceso en la función cognitiva y el ...
    • Vio del Río, Fernando Tomás (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, Chile, 2021)
    • Steinmaus, Craig; Castriota, Felicia; Ferreccio, Catterina; Smith, Allan H.; Yuan, Yan; Liaw, Jane; Acevedo, Johanna; Pérez, Liliana; Meza, Rodrigo; Calcagno, Sergio; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Smith, Martyn T. (Elsevier, 2015)
      Background: Elevated body mass index (BMI) is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and other diseases. Inflammation or oxidative stress induced by high BMI may explain some of these effects. Millions ...
    • Burrows Argote, Raquel; Correa Burrows, Paulina; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Barrera Acevedo, Gladys; Rogan Castillo, José; Kim, Elissa; Blanco, Estela; Gahagan, Sheila (Wiley, 2020)
      Aim: We investigated the relation of time of onset and length of obesity with biomarkers of beta-cell function in early adulthood in an infancy cohort. Material and methods: In 1039 23-year-olds, body-mass index (BMI) ...
    • Mesa Valencia, Diana Carolina; Mericq, Verónica; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Pereira Scalabrino, Ana (Taylor & Francis, 2020)
      Purpose: Recent reports show that girls with higher body mass index (BMI) have an earlier puberty onset (thelarche). It has been suggested that earlier puberty is a consequence of higher levels of estrogen due to increased ...
    • Reyes Jedlicki, Marcela; Quintanilla, Cristina; Burrows, Raquel; Blanco, Estela; Cifuentes, Mariana; Gahagan, Sheila (Wiley, 2015)
      Background: Obesity is associated with a mild chronic inflammatory response, which has been suggested to be pivotal in the development of cardiometabolic alterations of obesity. However, little is known about the involvement ...
    • Cheng, J.; East, P.; Blanco, E.; Sim, E. Kang; Castillo, M.; Lozoff, B.; Gahagan, S. (Jonh Wiley, 2016)
      BackgroundPoor motor skills have been consistently linked with a higher body weight in childhood, but the causal direction of this association is not fully understood. This study investigated the temporal ordering between ...
    • Cifuentes, Mariana; Fuentes, Cecilia; Mattar, Pamela; Tobar, Nicolas; Hugo, Eric; Ben-Jonathan, Nira; Rojas Baechler, Cecilia; Martínez, Jorge (2010)
      Obesity-associated health complications are thought to be in part due to the low-grade proinflammatory state that characterizes this disease. The calcium sensing receptor (CaSR), which is expressed in human adipose cells, ...
    • Fisberg, Mauro; Maximino, Priscila; Kain Berkovic, Juliana; Kovalskys, Irina (Soc Brasil Pediatria, 2016)
      Objectives: To evaluate environmental obesogenic-related factors, such as physical activity in neighborhoods and schools, nutritional behavior, and intervention programs. Sources: Critical analysis of literature with ...
    • Torres García, Jairo (Universidad de Chile, 2013-12)
      Investigaciones han demostrado que los fosfolípidos marinos (FM) ricos ácidos grasos Omega-3 son beneficiosos para la salud. En la actualidad, su oferta es escasa, por lo que es necesario investigar productos y subproductos ...
    • Romero Ormazábal, Jaime; Ilabaca, Carolina; Ruiz, Mauricio; Jara Campos, Carla (Frontiers media SA, 2018)
      The presence and load of species of LAB at the end of the malolactic fermentation (MLF) were investigated in 16 wineries from the different Chilean valleys (Limari, Casablanca, Maipo, Rapel, and Maule Valleys) during 2012 ...
    • Corvalán Aguilar, Camila (Royal Statistical Society, 2014)
      There is broad recognition that early life growth trajectories can contribute to the study of the onset and development of several health outcomes.We review the random-effects specifications of two models that have been ...
    • Ríos Castillo, Israel; Olivares Grohnert, Manuel; Brito, Álex; López de Romaña, Daniel; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando (Elsevier, 2014)
      Objectives: Calcium (Ca) and iron (Fe) are essential minerals for normal growth and development. Although previous studies have shown that Ca inhibits acute Fe absorption, there is no evidence of the possible long- or ...
    • Aguirre, Carolina; Castillo, Valeska; Llanos Silva, Miguel (Hindawi Ltda., 2017)
      We have previously shown that administration of the endocannabinoid anandamide (AEA) during lactation leads to overweight, increased body fat accumulation, and insulin resistance in adult mice. This study was designed to ...
    • Ansede Bermejo, Juan; Gavilán, Ronnie G.; Triñanes, Joaquín; Espejo Torres, Romilio; Martínez Urtaza, Jaime (Blackwell, 2010)
      The dynamics of dissemination of the environmental human pathogen Vibrio parahaemolyticus are uncertain. The O3:K6 clone was restricted to Asia until its detection along the Peruvian coasts and in northern Chile in 1997 ...