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    • Microbial communities from arid environments on a global scale. A systematic review 
      Vásquez Dean, Javiera; Maza, Felipe; Morel, Isidora; Pulgar Tejo, Rodrigo; González, Mauricio (Soc Biolgia Chile, 2020)
      Arid environments are defined by the lack of water availability, which is directly related to the mean annual precipitation (MAP), and high values of solar irradiation, which impacts the community composition of animals, ...
    • Changes in the amount of nutrient of packaged foods and beverages after the initial implementation of the ... 
      Reyes Jedlicki, Marcela; Smith Taillie, Lindsey; PopkinI, Barry; Kanter, Rebecca; Vandevijvere, Stefanie; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila (Public Library of Science, 2020)
      Background In June 2016, the first phase of the Chilean Food Labelling and Advertising Law that mandated front-of-package warning labels and marketing restrictions for unhealthy foods and beverages was implemented. We ...
    • Assessing cognitive control and the reward system in overweight young adults using sensitivity to incentives ... 
      Reyes García, Sussanne; Rimkus, Carolina de Medeiros; Lozoff, Betzy; Biswal, Bharat B.; Peirano Campos, Patricio; Algarin Crespo, Cecilia (Public Library of Science, 2020)
      Cognitive control and incentive sensitivity are related to overeating and obesity. Optimal white matter integrity is relevant for an efficient interaction among reward-related brain regions. However, its relationship ...
    • Associations among household chaos, school belonging and risk behaviors in adolescents 
      Delker, Erin; East, Patricia; Blanco, Estela; Wu, Victoria; Encina Moreno, Pamela; Lozoff, Betsy; Delva, Jorge; Gahagan, Sheila (Springer, 2020)
      We examined the associations between adolescent risk behaviors and household chaos, and whether associations varied by adolescents' sense of school belonging. We collected data from 801 Chilean adolescents from working-class ...
    • An evaluation of Chile’s Law of Food Labeling and Advertising on sugar-sweetened beverage purchases from ... 
      Smith Taillie, Lindsey; Reyes Jedlicki, Marcela; Colchero, M. Arantxa; Popkin, Barry; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila (Public Library of Science, 2020)
      Background Chile's Law of Food Labeling and Advertising, implemented in 2016, was the first national regulation to jointly mandate front-of-package warning labels, restrict child-directed marketing, and ban sales in ...
    • Prediction of white matter integrity pattern in overweight and obese adults 
      Reyes García, Sussanne; Peirano Campos, Patricio; Lozoff, Betsy; Algarin Crespo, Cecilia (Cambridge University Press, 2020)
      Introduction Obesity has been associated with lower white matter integrity (WMI) in limbic brain regions, including the fornix. Both early decrease of WMI in the fornix (WMIf) and midlife obesity have been related to ...
    • Ultra-processed food consumption and breast cancer risk 
      Huybrechts, Inge; Romieu, Isabelle; Kandpur, Neha; Katsikari, Katerina; Torres Mejía, Gabriela; Sánchez, Gloria I.; Garmendia Miguel, María Luisa; Porras, Carolina; Biessy, Carine; Gunter, Marc J.; Monteiro, Carlos Augusto; Rinaldi, Sabina (Cambridge Univ., 2020)
      Objectives: The consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPF) has been linked to an increased risk of cancer in western populations, particularly for breast cancer (BC). Although the consumption of UPF is increasing rapidly ...
    • Dietary Patterns of Adolescents from the Chilean Growth and Obesity Cohort Study Indicate Poor Dietary Quality 
      Martínez Arroyo, Ángela; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Palma Molina, Ximena; Ceballos Sánchez, Ximena; Mara Fisberg, Regina (MDPI, 2020)
      Diet during adolescence can have lasting effects on nutritional status, health, and development. We hypothesized that dietary patterns with low-quality nutrition are associated with overweightness. We collected data for ...
    • Potential biomarkers of DNA quality in cryopreserved fish sperm: impact on gene expression and embryonic ... 
      Figueroa Villalobos, Elías; Lee Estévez, Manuel; Valdebenito, Iván; Farías, Jorge G.; Romero Ormazábal, Jaime (Wiley, 2020)
      Sperm DNA quality and gene expression are crucial for early embryo development. Abnormal genomic processes can cause irreversible damage to totipotent cells, thereby altering the capacity for cell differentiation. ...
    • FMR1 mRNA from full mutation alleles is associated with ABC-C-FX scores in males with fragile X syndrome 
      Baker, Emma K.; Arpone, Marta; Kraan, Claudine; Bui, Minh; Rogers, Carolyn; Field, Michael; Bretherton, Lesley; Ling, Ling; Ure, Alexandra; Cohen, Jonathan; Hunter, Matthew F.; Santa María Vásquez, Lorena; Faúndes Gómez, Víctor; Curotto, Bianca; Morales, Paulina; Trigo, César; Salas, Isabel; Alliende Rodríguez, Angélica; Amor, David J.; Godler, David E. (Nature, 2020)
      Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is caused by a hypermethylated full mutation (FM) expansion with >= 200 CGG repeats, and a decrease in FMR1 mRNA and its protein. However, incomplete silencing from FM alleles has been associated ...
    • Developmental effects on sleep/wake patterns in infants receiving a cow’s milk-based infant formula with ... 
      Colombo, John; Carlson, Susan E.; Algarin Crespo, Cecilia; Reyes, Sussanne; Chichlowski, Maciej; Harris, Cheryl L.; Wampler, Jennifer L.; Peirano Campos, Patricio; Lynn Berseth, Carol (Nature, 2020)
      BACKGROUND: Few studies have evaluated nutritive effects of prebiotics on infant behavior state, physiology, or metabolic status. METHODS: In this double-blind randomized study, infants (n = 161) received cow's milk-based ...
    • Consumption of non-nutritive sweeteners by pre-schoolers of the food and environment Chilean cohort (FECHIC) ... 
      Venegas Hargous, Carolina; Reyes Jedlicki, Marcela; Smith Taillie, Lindsey; González González, Carmen Gloria; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila (BMC, 2020)
      Background Consumption of non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS) is becoming increasingly more frequent, particularly in the context of obesity prevention policies. The aim of this study was to describe the consumption of NNS in ...
    • Accuracy of a semi-quantitative ultrasound method to determine liver fat infiltration in early adulthood 
      Ibacache Álvarez, Camila; Correa Burrows, Paulina; Burrows Argote, Raquel; Barrera Acevedo, Gladys; Kim, Elissa; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Jofré, Boris; Blanco, Estela; Gahagan, Sheila; Bunout Barnett, Daniel (MDPI, 2020)
      An inexpensive and simple method to determine non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the abdominal ultrasound, but there are still doubts about its accuracy. We assessed the precision of a semi-quantitative ultrasound ...
    • Phytoene synthase 1 (Psy-1) and lipoxygenase 1 (Lpx-1) Genes Influence on Semolina Yellowness in Wheat ... 
      Parada, Roberto; Royo, Conxita; Gadaleta, Agata; Colasuonno, Pasqualina; Marcotuli, Ilaria; Matus, Iván; Castillo, Dalma; Costa De Camargo, Adriano; Araya Flores, Jorge; Villegas, Dolors; Schwember, Andrés R. (MDPI, 2020)
      Phytoene synthase 1(Psy1) andlipoxygenase 1(Lpx-1) are key genes involved in the synthesis and catalysis of carotenoid pigments in durum wheat, regulating the increase and decrease in these compounds, respectively, resulting ...
    • Living with Gluten and Other Food Intolerances: Self-Reported Diagnoses and Management 
      Araya Quezada, María Magdalena; Bascuñán Gamboa, Karla A.; Alarcón Sajarópulos, Dana; Cabrera Chávez, Francisco; Oyarzún Arancibia, Amaya; Fernández, Alan; Ontiveros, Noé (Wiley, 2020)
      People suffering from a food intolerance (FI) tend to initiate restrictive diets such as a gluten-free diet (GFD), to alleviate their symptoms. To learn about how people live with these problems in daily life (independent ...
    • Fungal diversity analysis of grape musts from Central Valley-Chile and characterization of potential new ... 
      Mandakovic Seyler, Dinka; Pulgar Tejo, Rodrigo; Maldonado Soto, Jonathan; Mardones, Wladimir; González Canales, Mauricio; Cubillos, Francisco A.; Cambiazo Ayala, Liliana (MDPI, 2020)
      Autochthonous microorganisms are an important source of the distinctive metabolites that influence the chemical profile of wine. However, little is known about the diversity of fungal communities associated with grape ...
    • Partial Evaluation of Autochthonous Probiotic Potential of the Gut Microbiota ofSeriola lalandi 
      Jorquera Ramírez, Carolina; Rojas, Rodrigo; Romero Ormazábal, Jaime (Springer, 2020)
      Seriola lalandiis an economically important species that is globally distributed in temperate and subtropical marine waters. Aquaculture production of this species has had problems associated with intensive fish farming, ...
    • PCR-RFLP Detection and Genogroup Identification of Piscirickettsia salmonis in Field Samples 
      Aravena, Pamela; Pulgar Tejo, Rodrigo; Ortiz Severín, Javiera; Maza, Felipe; Gaete, Alexis; Martínez, Sebastián; Seron, Ervin; González Canales, Mauricio; Cambiazo Ayala, Liliana (MDPI, 2020)
      Piscirickettsia salmons, the causative agent of piscirickettsiosis, is genetically divided into two genomic groups, named after the reference strains as LF-89-like or EM-90-like. Phenotypic differences have been detected ...
    • Food advertising on television before and after a national unhealthy food marketing regulation in Chile, 2016–2017 
      Correa, Teresa; Reyes Jedlicki, Marcela; Taillie, Lindsey Smith; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Dillman Carpentier, Francesca R. (American Public Health Association, 2020)
      Objectives. To study changes in food advertising on television after Chile's food marketing restriction was implemented in June 2016. Methods. Food advertisements shown between 6 AM and 12 AM on the 4 primary broadcast ...
    • Adolescents’ perception of dietary behaviour in a public school in Chile: a focus groups study 
      Vio, F.; Olaya, M.; Yáñez, M.; Montenegro, E. (BMC, 2020)
      BackgroundThe objective of this study was to assess dietary behavior among sixth- to eighth-grade students to inform the delivery and content of nutrition education.MethodsThis was a qualitative study through focus groups. ...