Browsing by Title Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos
Now showing items 68-87 of 921
-
(Elsevier, 2017-06)Objectives: One of every four pregnant women in Chile is obese. Gestational obesity is associated with maternal metabolic complications in pregnancy (e.g., gestational diabetes, preeclampsia), but to our knowledge, there ...
-
(Elsevier, 2018)Background/objective: Interest in healthy properties of food and nutrients as co-adjuvant in type-2 diabetes therapy has increased in recent years. Zinc supplementation trials have shown improvements in glycemic control in ...
-
(ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2016)Objective: To determine whether overweight or obesity between 0 and 6 y increases the probability of developing general/central obesity at 7 y. Methods: Weight, height, and waist circumference were assessed between 0 ...
-
(Springer, 2020)We examined the associations between adolescent risk behaviors and household chaos, and whether associations varied by adolescents' sense of school belonging. We collected data from 801 Chilean adolescents from working-class ...
-
(Wiley, 2018)This study examined whether iron deficiency (ID) in infancy contributes to problem behaviors in adolescence through its influence on poor regulatory abilities in childhood. Chilean infants (N=1,116) were studied whenthere ...
-
(Elsevier, 2017)To assess if there is an association between socioeconomic status and quality of life, functional status and markers of aging, we studied 86 women aged 73 7 years, who answered the WHO Qol Bref quality of life survey. Mini ...
-
(Wiley & Sons, 2016)ObjectiveAdvanced age is an independent predictor of postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery. We evaluated whether left atrial (LA) dysfunction assessed by strain ...
-
(Sociedad Chilena de Nutrición, 2018)
-
(Univ. Católica de Valparaíso, 2015)El desarrollo de la acuicultura sustentable es acorde con la demanda creciente de nuevas metodologías que aseguren la salud de las diversas especies acuícolas. Dentro de ellas, el uso de terapias revolucionarias basadas ...
-
(Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, 2018)Vibrios are common inhabitants of marine and estuarine environments. Some of them can be pathogenic to humans and/or marine animals using a broad repertory of virulence factors. Lately, several reports have indicated that ...
-
(Aula Medica Ediciones, 2013-07)Background: Obesity has long been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of substantial weight loss induced by bariatric surgery on carotid intima ...
-
(MDPI, 2021)Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) is found worldwide and is used in the food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic industries; however, the nutritional and functional properties of the seeds are scarcely known. Basil seeds contain high ...
-
(BioMed Central, 2013)As the global population grows there is a clear challenge to address the needs of consumers, without depleting natural resources and whilst helping to improve nutrition and hygiene to reduce the growth of noncommunicabl ...
-
(Dove Medical, 2021)Purpose: Many studies have demonstrated that Sarcopenia causes a serious impact on health, including death in older adults. The objective of this study was to determine the association of sarcopenia and pre-sarcopenia with ...
-
(MDPI, 2020)beta-hydroxybutyrate is the main ketone body generated by the liver under starvation. Under these conditions, it can sustain ATP levels by its oxidation in mitochondria. As mitochondria can modify its shape and function ...
-
(Elsevier, 2015)Moderate reduction in dietary protein composition of pregnant rats from 25% to 8% casein, calorically compensated by carbohydrates, has been described as a ‘‘hidden malnutrition’’ because it does not alter body and brain ...
-
(2007)To reduce the increased burden of diet-related disease and promote human potential through food and nutrition globally, harmonization of efforts is urgently needed. This article examines the concept of food-based dietary ...
-
(2019-03)Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are transcription factors whose isoforms (α, β/δ, and γ) have key and complementary roles in relation to energy metabolism, glucose and lipid homeostasis, regulation of ...
-
(NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2004-03)Objective: Iron fortification of wheat flour is widely used. In most cases, elemental iron powders are utilized as fortificants due to their lower cost and few, if any, sensory problems. However, their bioavailability is ...
