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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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
Rehidratacion por via oral y su mantenimiento en pacientes de 0 a 3 meses de edad deshidratados por diarrea
(Bol Med Hosp Infant Mex 37(5):187-191, 1980 Sep-Oct, 1980-09)
Los estudios recientes sobre rehidratación por vía oral han sido hechos en pacientes de 3 meses de edad o mayores. Exceptuando un informe anterior de niños menores de un mes de edad deshidratados por diarrea aguda que ...
Desnutrición energético-proteínica en Costa Rica, 1979
(Revista Médica del Hospital Nacional de Niños Dr. Carlos Sáenz Herrera (número especial):55-78. 1979, 1979)
Este trabajo destaca la mayor importancia de la desnutrición energético-pro teínica (DEP) sobre las otras formas carenciales en la Costa Rica de hoy. A con-tinuación se propone una modificación a la definición aceptada de ...
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 ...
Rehidratación post-ejercicio: bebidas con alto contenido de potasio vs. agua y una bebida deportiva
Post-exercise Rehydration: potassium-rich drinks vs. water and a sports drink
(2012-02-09)
RESUMEN
Propósito: evaluar la efectividad, tolerancia y aceptación de dos bebidas ricas en potasio, comparadas con una bebida deportiva y agua, durante la rehidratación post-ejercicio. Metodología: en cuatro días diferentes, ...
Voluntary Fluid Intake with Milk or Chocolate Milk in Boys Exercising in the Heat
(2011-09-30)
The main goal of this study was to compare fluid balance (FB) and voluntary intake (VI) in 10-to 14-year-old boys, when they combine partially skimmed milk or chocolate milk with water during exercise in the heat, as an ...
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 ...