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Consumo de Yuca, Bocio Endémico y Desnutrición en Costa Rica
(Aspectos de la yuca y tiroides: aspectos de investigación y salud: IDERC p . 70-73, 1984)
En Costa Rica se cultivan más de 100 variedades de Manihot esculenta, unas pocas de las cuales son nativas. Tres de las variedades cultivadas son muy populares: manggie, valencia y guácimo; esta última es una variedad local ...
Diarrhea and malnutrition, research priorities: Research Priorities
(Diarrhea and malnutrition: interactions, mechanisms, and interventions; Plenum Press p 305 308, 1983)
There have been many recent advances in our understanding of the etiology, pathogenesis, mechanisms, and management of acute and chronic diarrheal disease. Many studies have investigated the role of diarrhea in producing ...
Nutrition and infection
(Tropical and Geographical Medicine. New York: McGraw-Hill, pp. 206-211, 1984)
The association of malnutrition and infectious disease (faminepestilence)
had been recognized since the beginning of human
history, but it was not until the late 1950s that such an interaction
was scientifically documented ...
Breast-feeding, infections and infant outcomes: an international perspective
(1990)
Most rural mothers from Puriscal, a typical transitional population in Costa Rica, breastfeed their infants; more than one half breast-feed beyond 6 months. This situation was brought about by commencement of rooming-in ...
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 ...
Mucosal infection and malnutrition
(Neonatal infection. Grune y Stratton p. 299- 213, 1984)
The mucosal infections that result in acute diarrheal diseases (ADD) and
acute respiratory infections (ARI) account for more than one half of all
the morbidity of infants and young children throughout the less ...
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. ...
Promotion of breast-feeding, health, and growth among hospital-born neonates, and among infants of a rural area of Costa Rica
(Diarrhea and Malnutrition. Interactions, Mechanisms, and Interventions.Editors: Lincoln C. Chen, Nevin S. Scrimshaw, 1983,177-202, 1983)
decline in the incidence of breast-feeding in many developing nations
\--as been recorded in recent years, often in conjunction with (a) rapid
changes in way of life, (b) migration from rural to urban,- centers, ...
Influence on the growth parameters of children
(Raven Press p 85-94, 1983)
The close interactions between toxin-producing bacterial agents and the host in cases of diarrhea are reflected in several significant physiologic and nutritional alterations. The negative nutritional effects of diarrhea ...
Natural history of viruses of the intestine in contrasting ecosystems: implications for health
(1987)
Many different viruses have the capacity for infecting and replicating in
micro-habitats of the intestinal tract. Eons of interaction between intestinal
viruses and the intestinal mucosa have lead to a variety of ...