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Saturated and cis- and trans-unsaturated fatty acids intake in rural and urban Costa Rican adolescents
(2005)Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine whether intake of saturated fatty acids and cis- and trans-unsaturated fatty acids is associated with an urban compared to a rural lifestyle, and whether these associations ... -
Significado de lactancia materna y leche materna para las madres de una comunidad urbana y otra rural de Costa Rica
(2017-07)Objetivo: indagar sobre el significado de lactancia materna y leche materna en un grupo de mujeres con niños pequeños. Método: se realizó un estudio cualitativo en el que participaron madres residentes en dos comunidades ... -
Situación de la cromoblastomicosis en Centroamérica y Panamá
(2021-11)La cromoblastomicosis es una micosis subcutánea que se caracteriza por la presencia del talo fumagoide. Es prevalente en regiones tropicales, entre sus principales agentes etiológicos destacan Fonsecaea pedrosoi, ... -
¿Sobrepeso o "achicamiento" en escolares de sexto grado de un área metropolitana?
(Revista Costarricense de Salud Pública 22(22) ; p 55-65, 2003)Title: Overweight or "stunting" in sixth grade scholars from an urban marginal metropolitan area?. Introduction: Obesity is the most prevalent nutritional disorder in Costa Rican children and adolescents. The last Nutritional ... -
Socioeconomic status impact on diet quality and body mass index in eight Latin American countries: ELANS study results
(2021-07-14)Poor health and diet quality are associated with living within a low socioeconomic status (SES). This study aimed to investigate the impact of SES on diet quality and body mass index in Latin America. Data from the “Latin ... -
Standardization of the Food Composition Database Used in the Latin American Nutrition and Health Study (ELANS)
(2015-09)Between-country comparisons of estimated dietary intake are particularly prone to error when different food composition tables are used. The objective of this study was to describe our procedures and rationale for the ... -
Tamaño de la porción de algunos alimentos y preparación para preescolares y adultos de una comunidad rural y una comunidad urbana del Valle Central de Costa Rica
(1992)Con el incremento dentro del pais de enfermedades que incluyen en su etimología factores dieteticos, ha aumentado el interes por estudiar el papel de la dieta en estas enfermedades, mediante la investigacion ... -
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 ... -
The importance of breast-feeding for optimal child health and well-being
(Clinical nutrition, Manual of clinical nutrition; 3 (1) (Suppl 3): 28-33, 1984-01)Breast-fed infants can thrive even under unhygienic conditions in areas of extreme poverty. The anti-infectious properties of human milk account for the very high resistance of the nursing infant to infection in general ... -
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 ... -
The nature of the nutrition problem
(1978)This paper attempts to conceptualize malnutrition from an ecological point of view. One definition of malnutrition, a term that in Spanish can be rendered by either 'desnutricion' or 'malnutricion', is: a pathologic ... -
Thirst Perception and Fluid Intake are not Affected by Knowledge of Water Losses during Exercise
(2018-05)Abstract of the presentation at the 2018 ACSM Annual Meeting -
Thirst perception tracks well with acute dehydration even after a cold shower
(2012-11-06)Purpose: to determine if Engell’s 9-point subjective scale of thirst perception (TP) is able to detect varying levels of hypohydration after exercise in the heat. In addition, we wished to evaluate the susceptibility of ... -
Thirst sensitivity to post-exercise fluid replacement needs and controlled drinking
(2014-05-02)Purpose: Thirst was evaluated as a dependent variable, to see if perceived thirst (TP) can clearly distinguish among several levels of acute dehydration, and if so, how it responds over time to the ingestion of a predetermined ... -
Total and Added Sugar Intake: Assessment in Eight Latin American Countries
(2018-03)Non-communicable diseases are growing at an alarming rate in Latin America. We assessed total and added sugar intake in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela, to verify the adequacy ... -
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 ... -
Tratamiento hospitalario del niño con desnutrición severa. Una guía para uso en Costa Rica. (Aspecto alimentarios)
(Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social, 1979)Esta simple Guía presenta una metodología y técnicas ya ensayadas sobre cómo alimentar al niño desnutrido severo hospitalizado. La Guía ha sido elaborada para ayudar al pediatra, nutricionista y enfermera en la atención ... -
Uso de suplementos nutricionales en la población urbana costarricense
(2019-07)Objetivo: diversos estudios revelan que el per l de los consumidores de suplementos nutricionales corresponde a individuos con estilos de vida saludables y ambiente sociodemográ co favorable. Sin embargo, en Costa Rica no ...