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Leptina, lípidos y sobrepeso en escolares de sexto grado de un área urbano-marginal
(Acta Médica Costarricense 45 (3) 107-112, 2003-06)
Introduction: The hormone called Leptine has been associated with several factors of the Metabolic Syndrome, including hypertension, obesity, insulin resistance and high density lipoprotein, not only in adults but also in ...
Nutrition and health in societies in transition
(In: Nutrition in Transition: Proceedings of the Western Hemisphere Nutrition Congress V, Quebec 1977, edited by Philip L. White and Nancy Selvey. (Chicago) American Medical Association, 1978, pp. 351-358, 1978-02-01)
One often hears the expression that a country or society is "in transition," but there is not a clear definition of such, nor is there an effort to quantitate or characterize the level of transition undergone by a given ...
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 ...
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 ...
Mezclas vegetales nutritivas y simples para el niño costarricense
(Revista Medica Hospital Nacional de Niños Dr. Carlos Sáenz Herrera, Costa Rica 15(1): 71-90, 1980)
Con el fin de contribuir a mejorar la alimentación del niño costarricense, se
elaboraron mezclas vegetales teóricas de alto valor nutritivo. Esas mezclas consisten
en la combinación de una leguminosa con un cereal o ...
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 ...
Malnutrition and infection in a typical rural Guatemalan Village: Lessons for the planning of preventive measures
(2010-09-01)
A long-term prospective study of fetal and postnatal growth and possible influenceson growth was initiated in
1963in a Guatemalan village.A high proportion of the infants were of low birth weight and they were more at
risk ...
Estudio de Puriscal I. Bases filosóficas, desarrollo y estado actual de la investigación actual de la investigación aplicada en nutrición
(Revista del Hospital Nacional de Niños 17(1y2):1-20, 1982)
No obstante los importantes avances que Costa Rica ha logrado en el campo de la salud materno—infantil, esta sigue siendo prioritaria pare la investigación científica. Al consolidarse la profilaxis de las enfermedades ...
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 ...