Ricardo Uauy

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..It has been shown that excess weight gain during childhood is associated with a greater risk of obesity; this relationship may be mediated by growth in height...

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..In Chile, obesity is currently the main nutritional problem. Since prevention should start early in life, it is important to determine the prevalence of obesity during childhood according to age category...

..In low-birth-weight girls, obesity increases the risk of premature adrenarche and metabolic complications. However, the consistency of this association in normal-birth-weight children and its potential mediators remain unknown...

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..The latter will probably require redefining optimal postnatal growth based on the context of maternal size and fetal growth...

..At this age, there was a good agreement among general obesity indicators and central obesity indicators. These results suggest that waist circumferences measurements should not be incorporated to the program...

..Obesity prevalence among Chilean children is 19.4%. The present study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a school-based obesity prevention programme...

..Unless these barriers are overcome, obesity prevention programs will not produce positive and lasting outcomes...

..004). Conclusions: There is a high prevalence of full blown and marginal deficit of vitamin B-12 among the elderly. This deficiency should be considered for correction through public nutrition policies...

..These actions should contribute in the prevention and control of obesity in childhood and thus help prevent NRCDs in future generations of adults...

..The influence of prenatal factors on adiposity acquisition may extend at most until 2 years of life, although BMI gains thereafter are more related to postnatal variables...

..Similar evaluation for the n-6 series was not significant. DHA metabolism is affected in infants with IUGR; the restricted DPA to DHA conversion step seems to be principally responsible for this finding...

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..The present study aimed to evaluate whether nutrition research priorities are in agreement with the population's nutritional problems in Latin America...

..Developing the scientific basis for a copper UL and evaluating the relevance of copper deficiency globally are future key challenges for copper researchers...

..However it has a high variability that depends on environmental, genetic and physiologic factors. Therefore it is imperative to establish normal HOMA values in different populations...

..A better understanding of the link between eating behavior and maternal feeding practices with childhood and maternal weight status is of great interest...

..The prevailing view is that benefits from breastfeeding outweigh potential risks...

..The challenge ahead is to develop biomarkers that predict the population risk of elevated hepatic copper stores and thus the possibility of disease in a population...

..To evaluate the association between life satisfaction and socioeconomic status and self-reported health in a cohort of older people in Santiago, Chile, in 2005 and 2006...

..What is currently under discussion is what would be the best alternative to replace them in the diet...

..The dose-response curves for GI symptoms and Cu exposure now available were crucial in the analyses of results...

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..The process needs to be interactive, transparent and clearly place public interest above all other considerations...

..In Chile, fortification of wheat flour with folic acid has resulted in significant reduction in the risk of anencephaly and spina bifida. We investigated the cost-effectiveness implications of this policy...