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Malnutrition-infection interactions in the tropics
(1975-07)
Mr. President Dr. Rozeboom, Officers and Members of the Society, ladies and gentlemen: I begin with a word of appreciation to Dr. Desowitz and Members of the Charles Franklin Craig Lectureship Committee for having invited ...
Recuperación del desnutrido severo en Costa Rica, mediante alimentacion hipercalórica
(Boletín Médico del Hospital Infantil de México 37(3), 483-497, 1980-05)
Este estudio fue realizado en niños desnutridos del Servicio de Medicina del Hospital Nacional de Niños (edad promedio de 7.5 meses, 55,2% del peso para edad y 4.3% del peso para talla). Los pacientes fueron tratados según ...
The evolution of diarrhoeal diseases and malnutrition in Costa Rica: The role of interventions
(Assignment Child (61-62) p.195-224, 1983)
Costa Rica has an infant mortality rate of 17.7%, one of the lowest for developing countries. While it is noted that it is difficult to demonstrate the contributions of specific interventions in accounting for the drastic ...
Consumo de leche por lactantes del área rural de Puriscal, Costa Rica, 1978
(Revista Médica del Hospital Nacional de Niños Dr. Carlos Sáenz Herrera, Costa Rica 15(1): 45-58, 1980)
Se determinó el volumen (peso) de leche humana consumida por niños lactantes, mediante la pesada del niño antes y después de cada mamada. Los niños residían en 7 localidades de tipo rural disperso del Cantón de Puriscal. ...
The malnutrition-infection complex and its environment factors
(The Proceeding of the Nutrition Society 38(1):29-40. 1979, 1979-05)
Study of the genesis of malnutrition in contemporary traditional and transitional societies clearly reveals that malnutrition is a man-made condition or social disease. Apparently, malnutrition does not occur among wild ...
Consumo de algunos alimentos y preparaciones en niños preescolares y adultos de un área rural y una comunidad urbana del Valle Central de Costa Rica
(1993)
En este trabajo se presentan datos sobre tamaños de porciones de 13 diferentes alimentos y preparaciones en un área, rural y en una comunidad urbana. Los resultados se analizaron para; hombres, mujeres y niños preescolares ...
Diarrhea associated with rotavirus in rural Guatemala: a longitudinal study of 24 infants and young children
(The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 28(2):325-328. 1979, 1979-03)
A population of 24 infants and young children followed prospectively during the first 3 years of life was studied for the occurrence of rotavirus infection by using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to detect virus in ...
Child malnutrition and deprivation - observations in Guatemala and Costa Rica
(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 ...
Tratamiento dietético-nutricional del niño desnutrido severo en hospitales de Costa Rica: análisis retrospectivo
(1980)
Se analizó retrospectivamente una muestra representativa, consistente en 92 expedientes
clínicos de niños desnutridos severos atendidos en 1976, en cuatro
hopsitales costarricenses. '
El número de casos analizados fue ...
Nutritional status of the elderly in Palmares, Costa Rica
(Arch Latinoam nutr 33 (2) 409-422, 1983-04-01)
The nutritional status of aged persons living in a small Costa Rican community was evaluated using anthropometric measurements, clinical findings and dietary surveys. Eighteen per cent of the aged were overweight, a condition ...