Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos: Recent submissions
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(Elsevier, 2014)Purpose: Studies report an association between neighborhood risk and both obesity and cardiometabolic risk factors (CMR) among adolescents. Here we describe the effect of perceived neighborhood risk on adiposity and CMR ...
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(Elsevier, 2014)Polyphenols, ubiquitously present in fruits and vegetables, have been traditionally viewed as antioxidant molecules. Such contention emerged, mainly from their well established in vitro ability to scavenge free radicals ...
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(Elsevier, 2014)In the early Drosophila melanogaster embryo, Dpp, a secreted molecule that belongs to the TGF-β superfamily of growth factors, activates a set of downstream genes to subdivide the dorsal region into amnioserosa and ...
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(Federation of European Microbiological Societies, 2014)The resident microbiota of three oyster species (Crassostrea corteziensis, Crassostrea gigas and Crassostrea sikamea) was characterised using a high-throughput sequencing approach (pyrosequencing) that was based on the ...
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(Royal Statistical Society, 2014)There is broad recognition that early life growth trajectories can contribute to the study of the onset and development of several health outcomes.We review the random-effects specifications of two models that have been ...
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(Springer, 2014)The chaperone to Zn–Cu superoxide dismutase (CCS) has been postulated as a candidate copper indicator, changing in a consistent manner in induced and recovered copper deficiency, in experimental cell and animal models. ...
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(Elsevier, 2014)Objectives: Calcium (Ca) and iron (Fe) are essential minerals for normal growth and development. Although previous studies have shown that Ca inhibits acute Fe absorption, there is no evidence of the possible long- or ...
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(Japan Geriatrics Society, 2014)Aim: To explore the usefulness of carotid ultrasound examination as a marker of aging and predictor of disability among older people. Methods: Carotid ultrasound, measuring carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) and ...
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(BioMed Central, 2014)Background: Early puberty onset has been related to future chronic disease; however breast bud assessment in large scale population studies is difficult because it requires trained personnel. Thus our aim is to assess the ...
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(Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2014)OBJECTIVE: Epidemiological evidence shows an inverse relationship between sleep duration and overweight/obesity risk. However, there are few polysomnographic studies that relate the organization of sleep stages to pediatric ...
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(International Pediatric Research Foundation, 2014)Background: Head circumference (HC), the anthropometric index of both brain development and nutritional background, has been described to be significantly associated with scholastic achievement (SA). The aim of this ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2008)
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(Springer Science+Business Media, 2014)Divalent Metal Transporter 1 (DMT1) is an apical Fe transporter in the duodenum and is involved in endosomal Fe export. Four protein isoforms have been described for DMT1, two from mRNA with an iron responsive element ...
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(Elsevier, 2014)It is not clear how frequent is copper deficiency in humans. Current copper markers are not sensitive enough to detect early copper deficiency and new markers are needed. CCS is a candidate to become a copper ...
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(Elsevier, 2014)Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the association between melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) rs17782313 alleles with obesity and eating behavior scores in Chilean children. Methods: A case–control study was ...
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(2014)Antecedentes: El gasto energético (GE) puede disminuir en sujetos con dietas hipocalóricas, en una magnitud que excede la reducción explicada por los cambios en la composición corporal, dificultando la mantención del peso ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2014-01)RESUMEN Introducción: La densidad mamaria (DM) es el predictor de riesgo más relevante para el cáncer de mama. Actualmente existe escasa evidencia de la relación entre adiposidad y densidad mamaria. Objetivo: Evaluar ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2011-01)Introducción: Existe evidencia de que la Leche Purita Fortificada no ha tenido un efecto similar sobre el estado de nutrición de zinc como la observada para hierro, lo cual sugeriría la posibilidad de aumentar la concentración ...
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(Universidad de hile, 2011-04)Para diseñar intervenciones efectivas que contribuyan a la prevención de la obesidad infantil, se determinaron las etapas del cambio de conducta y la percepción de motivaciones y barreras para consumir 5 porciones diarias ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2010)RESUMEN La obesidad es un grave problema de salud pública a nivel mundial, que constituye un riesgo para desarrollar otras enfermedades cardiometabólicas que son las principales causas de muerte en la población ...