Browsing by Author "Kain Berkovic, Juliana"
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Kain Berkovic, Juliana; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Lera Marques, Lydia; Galván, Marcos; Weisstaub Nuta, Sergio; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo (2011)Background: It has been shown that excess weight gain during childhood is associated with a greater risk of obesity; this relationship may be mediated by growth in height. Aim: To quantify the associations between z scores ...
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Kain Berkovic, Juliana; Leyton Dinamarca, Bárbara; Concha, Fernando; Salazar Rodríguez, Gabriela; Lobos, Luz; Vio del Río, Fernando Tomás (2010)Background: In 2007, a preventive strategy for childhood obesity, that included food education and an increase in physical activity, was implemented in seven public schools located in Santiago. In four of these schools, a ...
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Kain Berkovic, Juliana; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Lera Marques, Lydia; Taibo, Marcela; Espejo, Francisco; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (2005)Background: As a consequence of the epidemiological transition in Chile, the nutritional status of the population has changed notoriously. Aim: To study the changes in the nutritional status of six years-old Chilean children ...
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Kain Berkovic, Juliana; Concha, Fernando; Salazar Rodríguez, Gabriela; Leyton Dinamarca, Bárbara; Rodríguez, María del Pilar; Ceballos, Ximena; Vio del Río, Fernando Tomás (2009)Childhood obesity in Chile has been recognized as a public health problem. In 2006, we developed a school-based obesity prevention pilot project to intervene during 5 months preschool and schoolchildren from 1st to 4th ...
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Kain Berkovic, Juliana; Leyton Dinamarca, Bárbara; Cerda, Ricardo; Vio del Río, Fernando Tomás; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo (2009)Objective: Obesity prevalence among Chilean children is 19?4%. The present study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a school-based obesity prevention programme. Design: Non-randomized controlled study. The intervention ...