Browsing by Subject "Nutritional status"
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(Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2016)© 2016, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved.Background: Unhealthy lifestyles and overweight are common among blue collar workers. Aim: To evaluate a nutrition education intervention in construction workers to ...
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(1997)Background: Chilean girls of middle and low socioeconomic levels are shorter than their European or North American counterparts. Aim: To challenge the hypothesis that undernutrition is the cause of the shorter stature of ...
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(2009)The impact of prenatal nutritional status, assessed through birth weight (BW) and their effects in the short, medium and long-term on nutritional status, cognitive development and job status in the adult life, has been a ...
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(Churchill Livingstone, 2019)© 2019 Elsevier LtdBackground: International migration is an increasing public health concern, particularly regard to maternal and neonatal health. Objective: To compare obstetric and neonatal variables among native and ...
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(Grupo Aula Medica S.A., 2015)© 2015 Grupo Aula Medica S.A. All rights reserved.The main objectives of this study were to compare in 6-9 y Chilean low-income children, daily minutes of moderate?vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and compliance of the ...
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(2013)Introduction: Further discussions are needed regarding the magnitude of nutritional problems diagnosed using CDC or WHO, against the existence of new biological or statistical definitions of obesity. Objective: To compare ...
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(Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2014)© 2014, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved. Background: The less affluent and educated members of the society tend to be less prone to healthy lifestyles. Aim: To describe feeding habits, nutrition, quality ...
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(2007)Epidemiological methods are increasingly used to assess the role of genetic factors and their interaction with environmental factors, in the occurrence of diseases in populations. Nutrition is one of the most relevant ...
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(Soc. Medica Santiago, 2021)Climate changes evidenced by an increase in our planet’s mean temperature, changes in rainfall, increased sea level and extreme weather conditions, favor air and soil contamination, ocean acidification, droughts, floods, ...
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(Springer, 2016)Although morbid obesity is related to excess of energy and macronutrient intake, it does not rule out the presence of micronutrient deficiencies. The aim of this study was to evaluate food intake and the prevalence of ...
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(Grupo Aula Medica S.A., 2015)© 2015, Grupo Aula Medica S.A. All rights reserved.The prevalence of obesity in Chilean children has been increasing steadily for the last two decades. The first study to determine nutritional status and food intake in a ...
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(2008)Background: Lifestyles and a poor nutritional status are two factors influencing the high prevalence of non communicable chronic diseases among Chilean workers. Aim: To characterize lifestyles and nutritional status of ...
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(1997)The access to information is crucial to plan, define and evaluate nutritional interventions. Analyzing the main nutritional indices proposed by international fora for food and nutrition surveillance, the usefulness of ...
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(2008)Background: Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) has had a positive impact on co-morbidities associated with obesity. However, in the long-term it can induce micronutrient deficiencies. Aim: To perform a complete nutritional ...
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(2011)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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(1997)Background: There is evidence to suggest that the criteria for nutritional assessment of pregnant women, used by the Chilean Ministry of Health, overestimates nutritional disturbances. Aim: To propose a new reference table ...
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(2009)Background: Improvements in environmental conditions may result in an earlier onset of thelarche. However, its onset is not homogeneous among different population groups. Aim: To assess the relationship between nutritional ...
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(Sociedad Chilena de Nutrición, 2020)Background: Overweight is a highly prevalent condition in Chile. For diagnosis of this condition, various national regulations must be used, but, their application are subject to interpretations, particularly in infants. ...