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    • Lapillonne, Alexandre; Groh-Wargo, Sharon; Lozano Gonzalez, Carlos H.; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo (Elsevier, 2013)
      Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs) are of nutritional interest because they are crucial for normal development of the central nervous system and have potential long-lasting effects that extend beyond the ...
    • Brito, Alex; Cori, Héctor; Ordóñez Pizarro, Fernando; Mujica, María Fernanda; Cediel, Gustavo; López de Romaña, Daniel (The United Nations University, 2013)
      Background. The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean is unknown. Objective. To examine the prevalence data available on vitamin D deficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean. Methods. ...
    • Galván, Marcos; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; López Rodríguez, Guadalupe; Kain Berkovic, Juliana (2013)
      Studies conducted in developing countries have noted associations between concurrent stunting, socialemotional problems and poor cognitive ability in young children. However, the relative contribution of these variables in ...
    • Newson, Rachel S.; Lion, Rene; Crawford, Robert J.; Curtis, Valerie; Elmadfa, Ibrahim; Feunekes, Gerda; Hicks, Cheryl; Liere, Marti van; Lowe, C. Fergus; Meijer, Gert W.; Pradeep, B. V.; Reddy, K. Srinath; Sidibe, Myriam; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo (BioMed Central, 2013)
      As the global population grows there is a clear challenge to address the needs of consumers, without depleting natural resources and whilst helping to improve nutrition and hygiene to reduce the growth of noncommunicabl ...
    • Sánchez Reyes, Hugo; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Lera Marques, Lydia; Dangour, Alan D.; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo (BioMet Central, 2013)
      Background: Older people are at increased risk of vitamin B12 deficiency and the provision of fortified foods may be an effective way to ensure good vitamin B12 status in later life. Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness ...
    • Lera Marques, Lydia; Fuentes García, Alejandra; Sánchez Reyes, Hugo; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (Springer, 2013)
      To validate short-form-36 health survey (SF-36) with specific scoring algorithm obtained in a large sample of Chilean older people and to associate quality of life in this sample with social and health related factors. ...
    • Fuentes García, Alejandra; Sánchez Reyes, Hugo; Lera Marques, Lydia; Cea, Ximena; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (2013)
      Objetivo: Describir y comparar las desigualdades socioeconómicas en el proceso de discapacidad de adultos mayores chilenos residentes en la comunidad, aportando información inédita sobre esta dinámica en Chile. Métodos: ...
    • Vásquez Vergara, Fabián; Díaz Bustos, Erik; Lera Marques, Lydia; Meza, Jorge; Salas, Isabel; Rojas Moncada, Pamela; Atalah Samur, Eduardo; Burrows, Raquel (2013)
      Introducción: La elevada prevalencia de la obesidad en escolares chilenos (23,1%), hace necesario la aplicación de intervenciones que incorporen el ejercicio físico de fuerza muscular, pues éste muestra gran eficacia ...
    • Atala, E.; Velásquez Cisternas, Gonzalo; Vergara, C.; Mardones, C.; Reyes, J.; Tapia, R. A.; Quina, F.; Mendes, M. A.; Speisky Cosoy, Hernán; Lissi, E.; Ureta Zañartu, M. S.; Aspée, A.; López Alarcón, C. (2013)
      Pyrogallol red (PGR) presents high reactivity toward reactive (radical and nonradical) species (RS). This property of PGR, together with its characteristic spectroscopic absorption in the visible region, has allowed ...
    • Koletzko, Berthold; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.; Cai, Wei; Cruchet Muñoz, Sylvia; El Guindi, Mohamed; Fuchs, George J.; Goddard, Elizabeth A.; van Goudoever, Johannes B.; Quak, Seng Hock; Kulkarni, Bharati; Makrides, María; Ribeiro, Hugo; Walker, Allan (2013)
      The follow-up formula (FUF) standard of Codex Alimentarius adopted in 1987 does not correspond to the recently updated Codex infant formula (IF) standard and current scientific knowledge. New Zealand proposed a revision ...
    • Olivares Grohnert, Manuel; Castro, Carla; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; López de Romaña, Daniel (2013)
      Iron (Fe) and zinc’s (Zn) interaction at the absorptive level can have an effect on the success of co-fortification of wheat flour with both minerals on iron deficiency prevention. The aim of the study was to determine ...
    • Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Krause, B.; Kuzanovic, J. P.; Corvalán, C. (2013)
      Background Healthy growth in utero and after birth is fundamental for lifelong health and wellbeing. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently published standards for healthy growth from birth to 6 years of age; analogous ...
    • Fuentes, Marcela; Andrews, Mónica; Arredondo Olguín, Miguel Armando (Springer Science+Business Media, 2013)
      Type 2 diabetes is characterized by hyperglycemia and oxidative stress. Hyperglycemia is linked to mitochondrial dysfunction and reduced β-cell mass due to the reduced expression of genes such as Mfn2 as well as ...
    • Villarroel, Pia; Reyes Jedlicki, Marcela; Fuentes, Cecilia; Segovia, María Pia; Tobar, Nicolás; Villalobos, Elisa; Martínez Winkler, Jorge; Hugo, Eric; Ben-Jonathan, Nira; Cifuentes, Mariana (Springer, 2013)
      We established that human adipose cells and the human adipose cell line LS14 express the calciumsensing receptor (CaSR) and that its activation induces inflammatory cytokine production. Also, its expression is enhanced ...
    • Araujo, Valeria; Gamboa, Alexander; Caro, Nelson; Abugoch James, Lilian; Gotteland, Martín; Valenzuela, Fernando; Merchant, Hamid A.; Basit, Abdul W.; Tapia, Cristián (Wiley Periodicals, and the American Pharmacists Association, 2013)
      Putative colonic release formulations of calcium (Ca)-alginate coated with chitosan containing two different actives, prednisolone and inulin, were prepared in three different sizes, beads (D50 = 2104 :m) and microparticles ...
    • Ordóñez Pizarro, Fernando; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; López de Romaña, Daniel (Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2013)
      The co-fortification of wheat flour with iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) is a strategy used to prevent these deficiencies in the population. Given that Zn could interact negatively with Fe, the objective was to assess the effect ...
    • Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo (The United Nations University, 2013)
    • Algarín Crespo, Cecilia Rosa; Nelson, Charles A.; Peirano Campos, Patricio; Westerlund, Elissa; Reyes, Sussanne; Lozoff, Betsy (Mac Keith, 2013)
      AIM The aim of this study was to assess the effects of iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) in infancy on executive functioning at age 10 years, specifically inhibitory control on the Go/No-Go task. We predicted that children ...
    • Riquelme, D.; Amo Baladrón, M. A.; Martín Pintado, J.; Mauersberger, R.; Martín, S.; Bronfman Aguiló, Leonardo (EDP Sciences, 2013)
      Context. It is well known that the kinetic temperatures, Tkin, of the molecular clouds in the Galactic center region are higher than in typical disk clouds. However, the Tkin of the molecular complexes found at higher ...
    • Tapia, Liliana U.; Lizana, Pablo A.; Orellana Zapata, Yasna; Villagrán, Francisca S.; Arias, Vanessa F.; Almagià, Atilio F.; Burrows, Raquel; Ivanovic Marincovich, Daniza (2013)
      Objetivos: El objetivo de este estudio fue determinar la relación entre el somatotipo y la habilidad intelectual (HA) en estudiantes de 11-12 y 15-16 años de edad de la Región Metropolitana, Chile. Métodos: Se registró ...