Artículos de revistas: Recent submissions
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(AMER SOC CLINICAL NUTRITION, 2008-09-01)Background: During the nutrition transition in Chile, dietary changes were marked by increased consumption of high-energy, nutrient-poor products, including sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). Obesity is now the primary ...
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Alteraciones de la conducta alimentaria en lactantes chilenos, de acuerdo a estrato socioeconómico (ARCHIVOS LATINOAMERICANOS NUTRICION, 2008-12)Las alteraciones de la conducta alimentaria son frecuentes en niños; pero se conocen poco sus características en niños/ as Latinoamericanos y sus diferencias por estrato socioeconómico (ESE). El objetivo fue caracterizar ...
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(INT SCIENCE SERVICES/BALABAN PUBLISHERS, 2008-12)This study presents results of the examination of the ultrastructure of the spermatozoon of seven South American species of Tegula using light and transmission electron microscopy. In all cases the spermatozoa were of ...
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(SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2008-12)Mental retardation or intellectual disability affects 2% of the general population, but in 60% to 70% of cases the real cause of this retardation is not known. An early etiologic diagnosis of intellectual disability can ...
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Coerulear activation by CRH and its role in hypertension induced by prenatal malnutrition in the rat (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 ...
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(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 ...
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(NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2006-09)Objective: To evaluate energy balance and physical activity in obese preschool children attending day-care centres. Design: Cross-sectional study. Subjects: Twenty-four 3-5 years old obese children selected at random ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2006-10)Melatonin has been shown to inhibit long-term potentiation (LTP) in hippocampal slices of rats. Since LTP may be one of the main mechanisms by which memory traces are encoded and stored in the central nervous system, it ...
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(AMER SOC BONE & MINERAL RES., 2004-10)There are disparate observations on central and peripheral effects of leptin, but several studies consistently support its role as a link between fat and bone. Bone marrow stroma contains mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), ...
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(PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2006-05-15)Mild reduction in the protein content in the diet of pregnant rats from 25 to 8% casein, calorically compensated by carbohydrates, does not alter body and brain weights of rat pups at birth, but results in significant ...
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(INST GRASA SUS DERIVADOS, 2004-07)Cholesterol is a molecule with a double bond in its structure, and therefore it is susceptible to oxidation leading to the formation of oxysterols. These oxidation products are found in many commonly consumed foods and ...
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(ELSEVIER, 2006-10-02)In this study we analyzed the role of the c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNK) pathway in the TGF-beta 1 stimulation of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA), initial stages of epithelial-mesenchymal transdifferentiation ...
