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Saturated and cis- and trans-unsaturated fatty acids intake in rural and urban Costa Rican adolescents
(2005)Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine whether intake of saturated fatty acids and cis- and trans-unsaturated fatty acids is associated with an urban compared to a rural lifestyle, and whether these associations ... -
Significado de lactancia materna y leche materna para las madres de una comunidad urbana y otra rural de Costa Rica
(2017-07)Objetivo: indagar sobre el significado de lactancia materna y leche materna en un grupo de mujeres con niños pequeños. Método: se realizó un estudio cualitativo en el que participaron madres residentes en dos comunidades ... -
Situación de la cromoblastomicosis en Centroamérica y Panamá
(2021-11)La cromoblastomicosis es una micosis subcutánea que se caracteriza por la presencia del talo fumagoide. Es prevalente en regiones tropicales, entre sus principales agentes etiológicos destacan Fonsecaea pedrosoi, ... -
Skimmed, lactose-free milk ingestion post exercise: Rehydration effectiveness and GI disturbances versus water and a sports drink in physically active people
(2024)Post-exercise hydration is fundamental to replace fluid loss from sweat. This study evaluated rehydration and gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms for each of three beverages: water (W), sports drink (SD) and skimmed, lactose-free ... -
¿Sobrepeso o "achicamiento" en escolares de sexto grado de un área metropolitana?
(Revista Costarricense de Salud Pública 22(22) ; p 55-65, 2003)Title: Overweight or "stunting" in sixth grade scholars from an urban marginal metropolitan area?. Introduction: Obesity is the most prevalent nutritional disorder in Costa Rican children and adolescents. The last Nutritional ... -
Socio-Demographic Correlates of Total and Domain-Dpecific Sedentary Behavior in Latin American: A Population-Based Study
(2020-08-03)Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify socio-demographic correlates of total and domain-specific sedentary behavior (SB). Methods: Cross-sectional findings are based on 9218 participants (15–65 years) from the Latin ... -
Socio-demographic patterning of objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behaviours in eight Latin American countries; findings from the ELANS study
(2019-10-30)Physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviours (SB) are two independent risk factors for non-communicable diseases. However, there is a lack of objectively measured information on PA and SB in low- and middle-income ... -
Socio-demographic patterns of public, private and active travel in Latin America cross-sectional findings from the ELANS study group
(2020)Background Active travel such as walking or cycling has been associated with more favorable health outcomes. However, evidence on patterns of transportation in Latin America is scarce. Therefore, the aim of this study was ... -
Sociodemographic inequities and active transportation in adults from Latin America: an eight-country observational study
(2021-08-26)Abstract Background Active transportation is a crucial sort of physical activity for developing sustainable environments and provides essential health benefits. This is particularly important in Latin American countries ... -
Socioeconomic status impact on diet quality and body mass index in eight Latin American countries: ELANS study results
(2021-07-14)Poor health and diet quality are associated with living within a low socioeconomic status (SES). This study aimed to investigate the impact of SES on diet quality and body mass index in Latin America. Data from the “Latin ... -
Standardization of the Food Composition Database Used in the Latin American Nutrition and Health Study (ELANS)
(2015-09)Between-country comparisons of estimated dietary intake are particularly prone to error when different food composition tables are used. The objective of this study was to describe our procedures and rationale for the ... -
Tamaño de la porción de algunos alimentos y preparación para preescolares y adultos de una comunidad rural y una comunidad urbana del Valle Central de Costa Rica
(1992)Con el incremento dentro del pais de enfermedades que incluyen en su etimología factores dieteticos, ha aumentado el interes por estudiar el papel de la dieta en estas enfermedades, mediante la investigacion ... -
Tema de actualidad: Medición del gasto energético durante el ejercicio
(2021)En la última década ha ocurrido una proliferación de dispositivos que nos permiten llevar un registro del gasto energético diario. Dicha información podría ser útil pues les permitiría a los profesionales en ciencias del ... -
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 ... -
The importance of breast-feeding for optimal child health and well-being
(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
(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 ... -
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 ... -
Thirst Perception and Fluid Intake are not Affected by Knowledge of Water Losses during Exercise
(2018-05)Abstract of the presentation at the 2018 ACSM Annual Meeting