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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 ...
Malnutrition and concurrent infections. Comparison of two populations with different infection rates
(Viral Diseasses in South-East Asia and the Wester Pacific, 1982)
Repetitive infections induce malnutrition and growth retardation
in children living in impoverished environments,
even if food is available. Infection precipitates severe malnutrition
in individuals already undernourished. ...
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 ...
Diarrhea and Malnutrition: Breastfeeding Intervention in a Transitional Population
(Holme, T., Marcus Wallenberg Foundation for International Cooperation in Science., & World Health Organization. (1981). Acute enteric infections in children: New prospects for treatment and prevention : proceedings of the third Nobel conference. Amsterdam: Elsevier/North-Holland Biomedical Press., 1981)
Diarrheal disease is a main cause of weight loss and growth faltering and stunting in rural children living under low socioeconomic conditions, and diarrhea is one of the most important events precipitating severe ...
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. ...