Browsing Nutrición by Subject "Lactancia materna"

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    • Breast milk consumption in rural Costa Rica 

      Novotny, Rachel; Mata Jiménez, Leonardo (Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición p. 337 - 386, 1983)
      Breast milk consumption was measured in 20 breast-feeding infants, aged two days to six months. This was achieved by test-weighing infants before and after every feeding over a 24-hour period. Infant length, weight, number ...

    • Breast-feeding, infections and infant outcomes: an international perspective 

      Mata Jiménez, Leonardo (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 ...

    • Breast-feeding: helping to reduce the severity of diarrhoea. Protection, energy and nutrients 

      Mata Jiménez, Leonardo (Diarrhoea Dialogue ;17:p. 4-5, 1984-05)
      Leonardo Mats considers the unique role of breastfeeding in child health and survival, and possible interventions to promote it in areas where bottle-feeding is common. The exceptional properties of human milk are the: ...

    • Breast-feeding: main promoter of infant health 

      Mata Jiménez, Leonardo (1978-11)
      Unique immunological factors in breast milk arc responsible for the protection it affords infants against pathogenic agents. This protection is panicularly effective against the infectious agents which invade or colonize ...

    • Child feedings in less developed countries: induced breast feeding in a transitional society 

      Mata Jiménez, Leonardo; Murillo González, Sandra; Jiménez, Patricia; Allen, María de los Ángeles; García, Bertha (Pediatric Nutrition. Infant Feeding- Deficiencies - Diseases. F. Lifshitz, ed., Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York (1982) p. 35-53, 1982)
      Breast feeding is the best promoter of growth and health of infants in traditional and transitional societies. Supplementation with semisolid and solid foods is generally required after 3-6 months in most developing ...

    • Consumo de leche por lactantes del área rural de Puriscal, Costa Rica, 1978 

      Novotny, Rachel; Mata Jiménez, Leonardo; Brenes, Haydée (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. ...

    • ¿Existe un efecto nutricional en el Centro de Educación y Nutrición (CEN) de Costa Rica? 

      Mata Jiménez, Leonardo; Murillo González, Sandra (Revista Medica Hospital Nacional de Niños Dr. Carlos Sáenz Herrera, Costa Rica 15(1): 59-70. 1980, 1980)
      In order to assess the nutritional impact of the Centres of Education and Nutrition (CEN) funded by the Social Development Program and Assignments Relatives five CEN Puriscal region were selected, where Institute of ...

    • Promoción y apoyo de una alimentación complementaria apropiada en el periodo del destete y el uso de recursos locales para este fin 

      Vargas, William (Revista Médica del Hospital Nacional de Niños Dr. Carlos Sáenz Herrera, 14(1): 53-79. 1979, 1979)
      La experiencia acumulada en la última década sobre los factores que favorecen o interfieren el crecimiento y desarrollo normal del niño, permite reconocer que la alimentación juega un papel preponderante. En base a este ...

    • Resistencia del huesped a la infección e importancia de la lactancia materna 

      Mata Jiménez, Leonardo (Revista de la sociedad venezolana de gastroenterología 36(1):29-37, 1982-01)
      El feto esta protegido de las infecciones gracias a las barreras mecánicas y fisiológicas que le provee el ambiente intrauterino. Desde el momento del nacimiento y a través de toda la vida, el ser humano entra en contacto ...

    • The importance of breast-feeding for optimal child health and well-being 

      Mata Jiménez, Leonardo (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 

      Mata Jiménez, Leonardo (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 ...