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    • Breakfast in Latin America: Evaluation of Nutrient and Foot Group Intake Toward a Nutrient-Based Recommendation 

      Kovalskys, Irina; Fisberg, Mauro; Previdelli, Ágatha Nogueira; França, Jaqueline Lopes Pereira; Zalcman Zimberg, Ioná; Guajardo, Viviana; Fisberg, Regina Mara; Ferrari, Gerson Luis de Moraes; Gómez Salas, Georgina; Rigotti, Attilio; Cortés Sanabria, Lilia Yadira; Yépez García, Martha Cecilia; Herrera Cuenca, Marianella; Liria Domínguez, María Reyna (2021-11-16)
      Background: Little is known about breakfast habits of the Latin American (LA) population to support nutritional recommendations for a balanced breakfast in this region. Objective: To evaluate the nutritional composition ...

    • Breast milk consumption in rural Costa Rica 

      Novotny, Rachel; Mata Jiménez, Leonardo (Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición p. 337 - 386, 1983)
      Breast milk consumption was measured in 20 breast-feeding infants, aged two days to six months. This was achieved by test-weighing infants before and after every feeding over a 24-hour period. Infant length, weight, number ...

    • Breast-feeding, infections and infant outcomes: an international perspective 

      Mata Jiménez, Leonardo (1990)
      Most rural mothers from Puriscal, a typical transitional population in Costa Rica, breastfeed their infants; more than one half breast-feed beyond 6 months. This situation was brought about by commencement of rooming-in ...

    • Breast-feeding: helping to reduce the severity of diarrhoea. Protection, energy and nutrients 

      Mata Jiménez, Leonardo (Diarrhoea Dialogue ;17:p. 4-5, 1984-05)
      Leonardo Mats considers the unique role of breastfeeding in child health and survival, and possible interventions to promote it in areas where bottle-feeding is common. The exceptional properties of human milk are the: ...

    • Breast-feeding: main promoter of infant health 

      Mata Jiménez, Leonardo (1978-11)
      Unique immunological factors in breast milk arc responsible for the protection it affords infants against pathogenic agents. This protection is panicularly effective against the infectious agents which invade or colonize ...

    • Calidad de la dieta y su relación con obesidad en ocho países de América Latina 

      Gómez Salas, Georgina (2020-09-28)
      El presente estudio se llevó a cabo en el marco del Estudio Latino Americano de Nutrición y Salud, el cual evaluó el consumo de alimentos, la actividad física y el perfil antropométrico de 9,218. Se evaluó la ingesta ...

    • Calidad y diversidad de la dieta en la población urbana de Argentina 

      Gómez Salas, Georgina; Cavagnari, Brian M.; Brenes Sáenz, Juan Carlos; Quesada Quesada, Dayana; Guajardo, Viviana; Kovalskys, Irina (2022)
      Una dieta variada se asocia a una mayor probabilidad de incorporar micronutrientes esenciales. El índice de diversidad de dieta (IDD) es el indicador que mide esta variedad, mientras que el índice de calidad de dieta (ICD) ...

    • Canasta básica del costarricense, 1980 

      Murillo González, Sandra; Mata Jiménez, Leonardo (Revista Médica Hospital Nacional de Niños, Costa Rica 15(1): 101-114, 1980)
      Se definió la "canasta básica" como la cantidad de alimento que un hombre adulto (mayor de 25 años, de 65 Kg. de peso promedio, en un trabajo de actividad moderada) debe consumir diariamente para completar un total de 2900 ...

    • Canasta básica del costarricense: una estrategia en política alimentaria 

      Murillo González, Sandra; Nougrodt, Rosa Maria; Tristán, Mario (Análisis de la Situación Alimentaria-Nutricional en Costa Rica. Secretaría de la política nacional de Alimentación y Nutrición. p. 79-95, 1981)
      La situación actual del país, el aumento en los precios de los alimentos y en términos generales del costa de la vida, dieron origen a la Comisión Nacional de Canasta Básica , formada por representantes de tres institutos: ...

    • Capacitación en nutrición a funcionarios y cocineras de la Reserva Natural Absoluta Cabo Blanco 

      Vega Quesada, Nathalie (2007-07-31)
      El proyecto Nutrición en la Reserva Absoluta Cabo Blanco consistió en el análisis del menú y capacitación del personal de cocina y funcionarios. El análisis reveló una serie de problemas para los cuales se hicieron las ...

    • Capítulo 10: El caso de las compras públicas a partir de la iniciativa Escuelas Sostenibles en Costa Rica. 

      Zúñiga Escobar, Marianela; Grisa, Catia; Coelho de Souza, Gabriela (2022-03-19)
      Este capítulo presenta el análisis de la gobernanza de la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional desde el enfoque sistémico. Para ello, se presentan los principales hallazgos de investigación sobre el proceso de las compras ...

    • Características nutricionales y disponibilidad de productos vegetales subutilizados en ferias del agricultor de San José 

      Arrieta Leandro, María Cristina (2015)

    • Carotenoid composition and antioxidant activity of the raw and boiled fruit mesocarp of six populations of Bactris gasipaes 

      Jatunov, Sorel; Quesada Mora, Silvia; Díaz Oreiro, Cecilia; Murillo, Enrique (2010)
      Total carotenoid content and composition of caro tenoids of six varieties of Bactris gasipaes were determined by spec trophotometry and HPLC, with photodiode array detector. Signifi cant differences in total carotenoid ...

    • Carotenoid concentrations in vegetables and fruits common to the Costa Rican diet 

      Furtado, Jeremy; Siles Díaz, Xinia; Campos Núñez, Hannia (2004)
      The intake of vegetables and fruits has been shown to reduce the risk of multiple diseases in many different populations. Various components of these foods have been investigated to explain the protective effects. Carotenoids, ...

    • Carotenoids are more bioavailable from papaya than from tomato and carrot in humans: a randomised cross-over study 

      Schweiggert, Ralf M.; Kopec, Rachel E.; Villalobos Gutiérrez, María G.; Högel, Josef; Quesada Mora, Silvia; Esquivel Rodríguez, Patricia; Schwartz, Steven J.; Carle, Reinhold (2014-02-14)
      Carrot, tomato and papaya represent important dietary sources of b-carotene and lycopene. The main objective of the present study was to compare the bioavailability of carotenoids from these food sources in healthy human ...

    • Cerveza como rehidratante 

      Aragón Vargas, Luis Fernando (2014-10-10)
      Entrevista televisiva del Doctor Gustavo Gutierrez Espeleta en el programa ConCiencia (Canal UCR) a los investigadores Rebeca Flores y Luis Fernando Aragón sobre los resultados de su imvestigación sobre la cerveza como ...

    • Chemical composition and antinutritional factors of Lycianthes synanthera leaves (chomte) 

      Salazar Meléndez de Ariza, Elsa Julieta; Velásquez Miranda, Rubén; Quesada Mora, Silvia; Piccinelli, Anna Lisa; Rastrelli, Luca (2006)
      Abstract The leaves of Lycianthes synanthera (chomte), an edible Guatemalan plant, were analysed for some nutritional and antinutri tional factors. Results of this study indicated that chomte leaves are rich sources of ...

    • Chemical composition of Schinus molle essential oil and its cytotoxic activity on tumour cell lines 

      Díaz Oreiro, Cecilia; Quesada Mora, Silvia; Brenes García, Oscar Gerardo; Aguilar, Gilda; Cicció Alberti, José Francisco (2008-11)
      The leaf essential oil hydrodistilled from Schinus molle grown in Costa Rica was characterised in terms of its chemical composition, antioxidant activity, ability to induce cytotoxicity and the mechanism of cell death ...

    • Child feedings in less developed countries: induced breast feeding in a transitional society 

      Mata Jiménez, Leonardo; Murillo González, Sandra; Jiménez, Patricia; Allen, María de los Ángeles; García, Bertha (Pediatric Nutrition. Infant Feeding- Deficiencies - Diseases. F. Lifshitz, ed., Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York (1982) p. 35-53, 1982)
      Breast feeding is the best promoter of growth and health of infants in traditional and transitional societies. Supplementation with semisolid and solid foods is generally required after 3-6 months in most developing ...

    • Child malnutrition and deprivation - observations in Guatemala and Costa Rica 

      Mata Jiménez, Leonardo (Food and Nutrition, 6(2), 7-14, 1980)
      Traditional populations consisting of small tribal groups living in close contact with nature may be virtually free from endemic malnutrition owing to the relative absence of infectious diseases. Transition toward ...