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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
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Thirst perception tracks well with acute dehydration even after a cold shower
(2012-11-06)Purpose: to determine if Engell’s 9-point subjective scale of thirst perception (TP) is able to detect varying levels of hypohydration after exercise in the heat. In addition, we wished to evaluate the susceptibility of ... -
Thirst sensitivity to post-exercise fluid replacement needs and controlled drinking
(2014-05-02)Purpose: Thirst was evaluated as a dependent variable, to see if perceived thirst (TP) can clearly distinguish among several levels of acute dehydration, and if so, how it responds over time to the ingestion of a predetermined ... -
Total and Added Sugar Intake: Assessment in Eight Latin American Countries
(2018-03)Non-communicable diseases are growing at an alarming rate in Latin America. We assessed total and added sugar intake in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela, to verify the adequacy ... -
Total and whole grain intake in Latin America: findings from the multicenter cross-sectional Latin American Study of Health and Nutrition (ELANS)
(2021-07-07)Purpose: Understanding whole-grain intake and its associated factors is essential to tackle the double burden of malnutrition faced by Latin American countries. This study aimed to characterize total and whole grain intake ... -
Tratamiento dietético-nutricional del niño desnutrido severo en hospitales de Costa Rica: análisis retrospectivo
(1980)Se analizó retrospectivamente una muestra representativa, consistente en 92 expedientes clínicos de niños desnutridos severos atendidos en 1976, en cuatro hopsitales costarricenses. ' El número de casos analizados fue ... -
Tratamiento hospitalario del niño con desnutrición severa. Una guía para uso en Costa Rica. (Aspecto alimentarios)
(Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social, 1979)Esta simple Guía presenta una metodología y técnicas ya ensayadas sobre cómo alimentar al niño desnutrido severo hospitalizado. La Guía ha sido elaborada para ayudar al pediatra, nutricionista y enfermera en la atención ... -
Uso de suplementos nutricionales en la población urbana costarricense
(2019-07)Objetivo: diversos estudios revelan que el per l de los consumidores de suplementos nutricionales corresponde a individuos con estilos de vida saludables y ambiente sociodemográ co favorable. Sin embargo, en Costa Rica no ...