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    • Burrows, Raquel; Leiva, Laura; Weisstaub Nuta, Sergio; Ceballos, Ximena; Gattas, Vivien; Lera Marques, Lydia; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (2007)
      Background In Chile between 1986 and 1998, the prevalence of obesity has increased from 4.696 to 24% in prepuberal and from 2.3% to 17% in puberal children. Aim To assess the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in a ...
    • Birch, Eileen E.; Garfield, Sharon; Castañeda, Yolanda; Hughbanks Wheaton, Dianna; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Hoffman, Dennis (2007)
      Background: While there is a large body of data on the effects of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation of infant formula on visual and cognitive maturation during infancy, longterm visual and cognitive ...
    • Prieto Durán, Carmen; Jara, Carla; Mas, Albert; Romero Ormazábal, Jaime (2007)
      The presence of acetic acid bacteria populations on grape surfaces from several Chilean valleys is reported. The bacteria were analysed at both the species and the strain level by molecular methods such as RFLP-PCR 16S ...
    • Burrows, Raquel; Leiva B., Laura; Weisstaub Nuta, Sergio; Ceballos S., Ximena; Gattas, Vivien; Lera Marques, Lydia; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (2007)
      Background: In Chile between 1986 and 1998, the prevalence of obesity has increased from 4.6% to 24% in prepuberal and from 2.3% to 17% in puberal children. Aim: To assess the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in a ...
    • Neri, Daniela; Espinoza, Aníbal; Bravo, Aurora; Rebollo, M. Jesús; Moraga, Francisco; Mericq, Verónica; Castillo Durán, Carlos (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2007-03)
      Increased visceral or abdominal adipose tissue in children and adults is strongly associated with metabolic and a variety of chronic diseases. Aim: To study the association between visceral or external body measurements ...
    • Ordóñez Pizarro, Fernando; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Ruz, Manuel (ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2007-04)
      Objective: We measured the effects of lower and higher doses of zinc (Zn) given as an aqueous solution on the bioavailability of iron (Fe). Methods: Fourteen healthy subjects received a solution with 0.5 mg of elemental ...
    • Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Hertrampf, Eva; Fuenmayor, Guillermo; Estévez, Edmundo (ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2007-04)
      Objective: We measured iron bioavailability of meals based on wheat flour consumed by a vulnerable population in Latin America. Methods: Bioavailability of iron (ferrous sulfate) from fortified noodles, noodle soup, noodle ...
    • Pérez, Hernán; Ruiz, Samuel; Núñez, Héctor; White Ortiz, Allan; Gotteland, Martín (TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2007-05)
      The effects of intracoerulear CRH and intraparaventricular prazosin on systolic pressure, diastolic pressure and heart rate were studied in prenatally malnourished hypertensive rats. At day 40 of life, (i) malnourished ...
    • Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Gaitán, Diego; Ruz, Manuel (PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD., 2007-05)
      Iron and zinc deficiencies are the most common nutritional deficiencies worldwide. Combined zinc and iron supplementation is one of the strategies used to prevent these deficiencies. Zinc has an inhibitory effect on iron ...
    • Navarrete, Mario; Núñez, Héctor; Ruiz, Samuel; Soto Moyano, Rubén; Valladares Boasi, Luis; White Ortiz, Allan; Pérez, Hernán (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 ...
    • Arroyo Albala, Patricia; Lera Marques, Lydia; Sánchez, Hugo; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Santos, José Luis; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2007-07)
      Functional limitations limit the independence and jeopardize the quality of life of elderly subjects. Aim: To assess the association between anthropometric measures and body composition with functional limitations in ...
    • Gattas, Vivien; Barrera Acevedo, María Gladys; Leiva, Laura; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Steenhout, Philippe; Klassen, Petra; Voss, Theresa; Hirsch Birn, Sandra (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2007-07)
      In acute illnesses, plasma glucose levels are often increased and generally parallel the severity of stress. Hyperglycemia caused by reduced insulin sensitivity and reduced insulin secretion is associated with increased ...
    • Fuenzalida, Loreto; Armijo, Lorena; Zabala, Beatriz; Hernández, Cristina; Rioseco, M. Luisa; Riquelme, Carlos; Espejo Torres, Romilio (ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2007-07)
      Nine hundred cases of seafood related diarrhea were reported in the region of Puerto Montt, Chile during the austral summer of 2006. This is the continuation of the large outbreaks associated with the consumption of seafood ...
    • García, Diego; Ángel Badillo, Bárbara; Carrasco, Elena; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Santos, José Luis; Pérez Bravo, Francisco (ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, 2007-07)
      Objective: To evaluate the influence of ApaI, BsmI and TaqI polymorphisms of the VDR gene and HLA-DQB1* alleles in type 1 diabetic children and to assess their possible relationship with circulating levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin ...
    • Brücher, Rodrigo; Cifuentes, Mariana; Acuña, María José; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Rojas Baechler, Cecilia (NORTH AMER ASSOC STUDY OBESITY, 2007-07)
      Objective: The ability to form new adipose cells is important to adipose tissue physiology; however, the mechanisms controlling the recruitment of adipocyte progenitors are poorly understood. A role for locally generated ...
    • Llanos, Adolfo; Hertrampf, Eva; Cortés, Fanny; Pardo, Andrea; Grosse, Scott D.; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo (ELSEVIER, 2007-10)
      Objective: Periconceptional intake of folic acid reduces the risk of neural tube defects (NTDs), a frequent birth defect that can cause significant infant mortality and disability. In Chile, fortification of wheat flour ...
    • Ochoa, María C.; Santos, José Luis; Azcona, Cristina; Moreno Aliaga, María J.; Martínez González, Miguel A.; Martínez, J. Alfredo; Marti, Amelia (ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE, 2007-12)
      A number of studies have yielded controversial results on the association between polymorphisms in UCP2 and UCP3 genes with obesity and its comorbidities. The discrepancy among studies might be partially explained by the ...
    • Koletzko, Berthold; Lien, Eric; Agostoni, Carlo; Boehles, Hansjosef; Campoy, Cristina; Cetin, Irene; Decsi, Tamas; Dudenhausen, Joachim W.; Dupont, Cristophe; Forsyth, Stewart; Hoesli, Irene; Holzgreve, Wolfgang; Lapillonne, Alexandre; Putet, Guy; Secher, Niels J.; Symonds, Mike; Szajewska, Hania; Willatts, Peter; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo (WALTER DE GRUYTER & CO, 2008)
      This paper reviews current knowledge on the role of the long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, C22:6n-3) and arachidonic acid (AA, 20:4n-6), in maternal and term infant nutrition as ...
    • Mao, Meng; Yu, Tao; Xiong, Ying; Wang, Zhiling; Liu, Hanmin; Gotteland, Martín; Brunser, Oscar (H E C PRESS, HEALTHY EATING CLUB PTY LTD, 2008)
      Probiotics have been proposed for the management and prevention of acute diarrhoea in infants. A double-blind, randomised, placebo controlled study was carried out in 224 Chinese infants 6 to 36 months of age with ...