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A factorial-design cluster randomised controlled trial investigating the cost-effectiveness of a nutrition supplement and an exercise programme on pneumonia incidence, walking capacity and body mass index in older people living in Santiago, Chile: t

scientific article published on 5 July 2007

A randomised controlled trial investigating the effect of n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation on cognitive and retinal function in cognitively healthy older people: the Older People And n-3 Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid

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A randomised controlled trial investigating the effect of vitamin B12 supplementation on neurological function in healthy older people: the Older People and Enhanced Neurological function (OPEN) study protocol [ISRCTN54195799].

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A randomized controlled trial of early dietary supply of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and mental development in term infants

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Academic-industry partnerships in addressing nutrition--[infection-immunity-inflammation] interactions

scientific article published on October 2007

Acquisition of visuomotor abilities and intellectual quotient in children aged 4-10 years: relationship with micronutrient nutritional status

scientific article published in January 2007

Administration of high doses of copper to capuchin monkeys does not cause liver damage but induces transcriptional activation of hepatic proliferative responses

scientific article published on 5 January 2012

Alarming weight gain in women of a post-transitional country

scientific article published on 6 February 2013

Arginase-2 is cooperatively up-regulated by nitric oxide and histone deacetylase inhibition in human umbilical artery endothelial cells

scientific article published on 6 November 2015

Assessing the evidence from neonatal nutrition research

scientific article published on 11 April 2014

Assessing the public health impact of developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD) nutrition interventions

scientific article published on 2 October 2014

Assessment of in vivo fetal growth and placental vascular function in a novel intrauterine growth restriction model of progressive uterine artery occlusion in guinea pigs

scientific article published on 31 December 2015

Assessment of protein adequacy in developing countries: quality matters

scientific article published in August 2012

Association between childhood obesity, cognitive development, physical fitness and social-emotional wellbeing in a transitional economy

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Behaviour change for better health: nutrition, hygiene and sustainability

scientific article published on 21 March 2013

Beyond recommendations: implementing food-based dietary guidelines for healthier populations

scientific article published on March 2007

Body composition at birth and its relationship with neonatal anthropometric ratios: the newborn body composition study of the INTERGROWTH-21st project

scientific article published on 26 April 2017

Breast bud detection: a validation study in the Chilean growth obesity cohort study

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Case study of complaints on drinking water quality: relationship to copper content?

scientific article published in May 2007

Changes in household food and nutrient consumption in Metropolitan Santiago 1988-97 by income

scientific article published on September 2010

Chile's national nutritional supplementation program for older people: lessons learned

scientific article published on June 2005

Cochrane column

scientific article published on 28 April 2014

Commentary: the importance of addressing the rise of overweight and obesity--progress or lack of action during the last fifty years?

scientific article published on 8 December 2005

Community-based randomized double-blind study of gastrointestinal effects and copper exposure in drinking water

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Comparison of two modes of vitamin B12 supplementation on neuroconduction and cognitive function among older people living in Santiago, Chile: a cluster randomized controlled trial. a study protocol [ISRCTN 02694183].

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Compartmental analyses of 2H5-alpha-linolenic acid and C-U-eicosapentaenoic acid toward synthesis of plasma labeled 22:6n-3 in newborn term infants

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Compliance with guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia at primary health care centers

scientific article published in December 2009

Conference on "Multidisciplinary approaches to nutritional problems". Rank Prize Lecture. Global nutrition challenges for optimal health and well-being

scientific article published on 17 November 2008

Consequences of food energy excess and positive energy balance

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Copper deficiency and excess in infancy: developing a research agenda

scientific article published on October 2003

Copper exposure and potential biomarkers of copper metabolism

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Cost-effectiveness of a folic acid fortification program in Chile

scientific article published on 23 March 2007

Dairy intake in relation to breast and pubertal development in Chilean girls

scientific article published on 5 April 2017

Deep clinical and biological phenotyping of the preterm birth and small for gestational age syndromes: The INTERBIO-21 st Newborn Case-Control Study protocol.

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Deep clinical and biological phenotyping of the preterm birth and small for gestational age syndromes: The INTERBIO-21st Newborn Case-Control Study protocol

Defining and addressing the nutritional needs of populations

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Defining the nutritional needs of preterm infants

scientific article published on 11 April 2014

Design considerations in long-term intervention studies for the prevention of cognitive decline or dementia

scientific article published on November 2010

Determinants of cognitive development of low SES children in Chile: a post-transitional country with rising childhood obesity rates

scientific article published in September 2013

Developmental Origins of Pediatric Obesity ⬇️

scientific article published on August 15, 2012

Diet, nutrition, and the life-course approach to cancer prevention

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Dietary essential fatty acids in early postnatal life: long-term outcomes

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Dietary fat quality for optimal health and well-being: overview of recommendations

scientific article published on 30 July 2009

Dietary fish and meat intake and dementia in Latin America, China, and India: a 10/66 Dementia Research Group population-based study

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Do routinely measured risk factors for obesity explain the sex gap in its prevalence? Observations from Saudi Arabia

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Do we believe Derek's motive for taking his new job at PepsiCo?

scientific article published in February 2008

Early BMI Gain and Later Height Growth Predicts Higher DHEAS Concentrations in 7-Year-Old Chilean Children

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Effect of 2-y n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation on cognitive function in older people: a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial

scientific article published on 21 April 2010

Effect of a nutrition supplement and physical activity program on pneumonia and walking capacity in Chilean older people: a factorial cluster randomized trial

scientific article (publication date: April 2011)

Effect of growth on cardiometabolic status at 4 y of age

scientific article published on 29 July 2009

Effective international action against undernutrition: why has it proven so difficult and what can be done to accelerate progress?

scientific article published on February 2008

Effectiveness of a dietary and physical activity intervention to prevent obesity in school age children

scientific article published in January 2008

Effectiveness of the National Program of Complementary Feeding for older adults in Chile on vitamin B12 status in older adults; secondary outcome analysis from the CENEX Study (ISRCTN48153354)

scientific article published on 09 September 2013

Effectiveness on maternal and offspring metabolic control of a home-based dietary counseling intervention and DHA supplementation in obese/overweight pregnant women (MIGHT study): A randomized controlled trial—Study protocol

Effects of vitamin B-12 supplementation on neurologic and cognitive function in older people: a randomized controlled trial

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Endothelial heterogeneity in the umbilico-placental unit: DNA methylation as an innuendo of epigenetic diversity

scientific article published on 27 March 2014

Epigenetics and obesity

scientific article published on 28 September 2016

Epigenetics in allergic diseases and asthma

scientific article published in March 2016

Evolution of the nutritional status of six years old Chilean children (1987-2003)

scientific article published in September 2005

Factors associated with life satisfaction in a cohort of older people in Santiago, Chile

scientific article published on 23 March 2012

Fat and fatty acid requirements and recommendations for infants of 0-2 years and children of 2-18 years

scientific article published on 15 September 2009

Flour fortification with folic acid in Chile. Unintended consequences

scientific article published on July 1, 2010

Folate and breast cancer risk: authors' reply

scientific article published in February 2013

Food, livestock production, energy, climate change, and health

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Gastrointestinal symptoms and blood indicators of copper load in apparently healthy adults undergoing controlled copper exposure

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Gene expression analysis in human fetal retinal explants treated with docosahexaenoic acid

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Grandparenting and psychosocial health among older Chileans: a longitudinal analysis

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Gut, fat, iron, and brain: where are we?

scientific article published in March 2009

High levels of circulating folate concentrations are associated with DNA methylation of tumor suppressor and repair genes p16, MLH1, and MGMT in elderly Chileans

scientific article published on 24 July 2017

History of modern nutrition science-implications for current research, dietary guidelines, and food policy.

scientific article published on 13 June 2018

Homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) values in Chilean elderly subjects

scientific article published in November 2009

How can the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) hypothesis contribute to improving health in developing countries? ⬇️

scientific article published on 04 May 2011

Impact of folic acid fortification of flour on neural tube defects: a systematic review

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Impact of gaining or maintaining excessive weight in infancy on markers of metabolic homeostasis in young children: A longitudinal study in Chilean children

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Improving complementary feeding in Ghana: Reaching the vulnerable through innovative business-the case of KOKO Plus

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Improving linear growth without excess body fat gain in women and children

scientific article published on June 2013

Infants with intrauterine growth restriction have impaired formation of docosahexaenoic acid in early neonatal life: a stable isotope study

scientific article published in October 2005

Influence of Feeding Practices on Malnutrition in Haitian Infants and Young Children.

scientific article published on 20 March 2018

Intervention strategies for preventing low birthweight in developing countries: importance of considering multiple interactive factors

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Interventions to improve water quality and supply, sanitation and hygiene practices, and their effects on the nutritional status of children

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Interventions to improve water quality and supply, sanitation and hygiene practices, and their effects on the nutritional status of children

scientific article (publication date: 5 October 2011)

Keynote: rethinking protein

scientific article published on June 2013

LCPUFAs as conditionally essential nutrients for very low birth weight and low birth weight infants: metabolic, functional, and clinical outcomes-how much is enough?

scientific article published on 13 April 2014

Leg length, skull circumference, and the prevalence of dementia in low and middle income countries: a 10/66 population-based cross sectional survey

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Lipid Needs of Preterm Infants: Updated Recommendations ⬇️

scientific article published on March 1, 2013

Lipid requirements of infants: implications for nutrient composition of fortified complementary foods

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Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in visual and neural development: cellular and molecular mechanisms.

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Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids supplementation in preterm infants

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Long-term metabolic risk among children born premature or small for gestational age.

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Long-term n-3 FA deficiency modifies peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor beta mRNA abundance in rat ocular tissues

scientific article published in April 2002

Low Circulating Amino Acids and Protein Quality: An Interesting Piece in the Puzzle of Early Childhood Stunting

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Management of obesity: improvement of health-care training and systems for prevention and care

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Markers of early endothelial dysfunction in intrauterine growth restriction-derived human umbilical vein endothelial cells revealed by 2D-DIGE and mass spectrometry analyses

scientific article published on 2 March 2016

Maternal anthropometry and feeding behavior toward preschool children: association with childhood body mass index in an observational study of Chilean families

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Maternal attitudes and child-feeding practices: relationship with the BMI of Chilean children

scientific article published on 13 August 2009

Maternal exposure to intimate partner violence and breastfeeding practices in 51 low-income and middle-income countries: A population-based cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Maternal obesity is associated with a sex-specific epigenetic programming in human neonatal monocytes

scientific article published on 04 December 2020

Metallothionein is crucial for safe intracellular copper storage and cell survival at normal and supra-physiological exposure levels

scientific article published on March 2004

Methods for economic evaluation of a factorial-design cluster randomised controlled trial of a nutrition supplement and an exercise programme among healthy older people living in Santiago, Chile: the CENEX study

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N-3 fatty acids and retinal function

scientific article published on March 2013

N-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids for optimal function during brain development and ageing.

scientific article published on January 2008

Nevin Stewart Scrimshaw, PhD, MD, MPH (1918-2013).

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Non-Breast Milk Feeding in Developing Countries: Challenge from Microbial and Chemical Contaminants ⬇️

scientific article published on June 6, 2012

Nutrient Recommendations for Growing-up Milk: A Report of an Expert Panel

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Nutrition challenges for the twenty-first century

scientific article published on August 2006

Nutrition in brain development and aging: role of essential fatty acids

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Nutrition transition in Chile: determinants and consequences

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Nutrition, child growth, and chronic disease prevention

scientific article published on January 2008

Nutrition-related health effects of organic foods: a systematic review

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Nutritional quality of organic foods: a systematic review

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Obesity and cancer in Chile: estimation of population attributable fractions

scientific article published in August 2013

Obesity and excess weight in early adulthood and high risks of arsenic-related cancer in later life

scientific article published on 21 August 2015

Obesity and overweight trends in Catalonia, Spain (1992-2003): gender and socio-economic determinants.

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Obesity in children and adolescents: Working Group report of the second World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

scientific article published on June 2004

Obesity indicators and cardiometabolic status in 4-y-old children

scientific article published on 18 November 2009

Obesity is positively associated with dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate concentrations at 7 y in Chilean children of normal birth weight

scientific article published on 2 January 2013

Omega 3 fatty acids and cognitive health in older people

scientific article published on June 2012

Omega 3 fatty acids on child growth, visual acuity and neurodevelopment

scientific article published on June 2012

Plasma homocysteine, but not folate or vitamin B-12, predicts mortality in older people in the United Kingdom

scientific article published on June 2008

Preconceptional and maternal obesity: epidemiology and health consequences

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Predictors of gestational weight gain among Chilean pregnant women: The Chilean Maternal and Infant Nutrition Cohort study

scientific article published on 19 May 2017

Prepubertal Adiposity, Vitamin D Status, and Insulin Resistance

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Prevalence of obesity among Chilean women in childbearing ages

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Prevalence of vitamin B-12 deficiency in older adults

scientific article published in January 2010

Preventing maternal and child malnutrition: the nutrition component of the Mesoamerican Health Initiative 2015

scientific article published in January 2011

Recommended nutrient intake levels for stable, fully enterally fed very low birth weight infants

scientific article published on 11 April 2014

Reductions in the energy content of meals served in the Chilean National Nursery School Council Program did not consistently decrease obesity among beneficiaries

scientific article published on 01 November 2008

Reply to LR Solomon

scientific article published in May 2016

Research Approaches and Methods for Evaluating the Protein Quality of Human Foods Proposed by an FAO Expert Working Group in 2014.

scientific article published on 6 April 2016

Risks and benefits of copper in light of new insights of copper homeostasis ⬇️

scientific article published on February 20, 2011

Role of Protein and Amino Acids in Infant and Young Child Nutrition: Considerations for the Development and Delivery of High Quality Complementary Food Supplements

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School-Based Obesity Prevention Interventions for Chilean Children During the Past Decades: Lessons Learned ⬇️

scientific article published on July 1, 2012

Secular and seasonal trends in obesity in Chilean preschool children, 1996-2004.

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Serum folate and vitamin B12 in older people: results from the Chilean National Health Survey 2009-2010

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Serum folate, vitamin B12 and cognitive impairment in Chilean older adults

scientific article published on 20 January 2015

Severe malnutrition: building on the past for a brighter future

scientific article published in June 2014

Sleep-wake states and their regulatory mechanisms throughout early human development ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 2003

Structural responses to the obesity and non-communicable diseases epidemic: Update on the Chilean law of food labelling and advertising

scientific article published on 13 December 2018

Summary statement of the International Expert Meeting: health significance of fat quality of the diet. Barcelona, Spain, February 1-2, 2009.

scientific article published on 30 July 2009

Symposium Summary: Looking Back and Looking Forward ⬇️

scientific article published on March 1, 2013

Term infant studies of DHA and ARA supplementation on neurodevelopment: results of randomized controlled trials ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 2003

The Human Serum Metabolome of Vitamin B-12 Deficiency and Repletion, and Associations with Neurological Function in Elderly Adults

scientific article published on 09 August 2017

The Mechanism of Excessive Intestinal Inflammation in Necrotizing Enterocolitis: An Immature Innate Immune Response ⬇️

scientific article published on March 21, 2011

The assessment of dietary adequacy based on nutrient intake data is a complex issue. Foreword.

scientific article published in July 2009

The association between changes in height and obesity in Chilean preschool children: 1996-2004.

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The case for strategic international alliances to harness nutritional genomics for public and personal health

scientific article published in November 2005

The challenge of improving food and nutrition in Latin America

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The double burden of malnutrition among adolescents: analysis of data from the Global School-Based Student Health and Health Behavior in School-Aged Children surveys in 57 low- and middle-income countries

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The effects of pre-pregnancy BMI and maternal factors on the timing of adiposity rebound in offspring.

scientific article published on 18 April 2016

The epidemiological transition: need to incorporate obesity prevention into nutrition programmes

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The joint WHO/FAO expert consultation on diet, nutrition and the prevention of chronic diseases: process, product and policy implications.

scientific article published in February 2004

The roles of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in pregnancy, lactation and infancy: review of current knowledge and consensus recommendations

scientific article published on January 2008

The use and interpretation of anthropometric measures in cancer epidemiology: A perspective from the world cancer research fund international continuous update project

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Towards a new developmental synthesis: adaptive developmental plasticity and human disease

scientific article published on May 2009

Treatment and prevention of malnutrition in Latin America: focus on Chile and Bolivia

scientific article published in June 2014

Trends in height and BMI of 6-year-old children during the nutrition transition in Chile

scientific article published in December 2005

Ultrasensitive estrogen levels at 7 years of age predict earlier thelarche: evidence from girls of the growth and obesity Chilean cohort

scientific article published on 14 September 2015

Undernutrition is undernourished

scientific article published in June 2008

Validity of food consumption indicators in the Lao context

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Visual function in breast-fed term infants weaned to formula with or without long-chain polyunsaturates at 4 to 6 months: a randomized clinical trial

scientific article published in June 2003

Vitamin B-12 status and neurologic function in older people: a cross-sectional analysis of baseline trial data from the Older People and Enhanced Neurological Function (OPEN) study

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Vitamin B-12 treatment of asymptomatic, deficient, elderly Chileans improves conductivity in myelinated peripheral nerves, but high serum folate impairs vitamin B-12 status response assessed by the combined indicator of vitamin B-12 status

scientific article published on 25 November 2015

Weight, shape, and mortality risk in older persons: elevated waist-hip ratio, not high body mass index, is associated with a greater risk of death

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Women's empowerment and child nutritional status in South Asia: a synthesis of the literature

scientific article published on 22 May 2014

Women's empowerment in agriculture and child nutritional status in rural Nepal

scientific article published on 23 March 2015

[Changes in food availability in metropolitan Santiago Chile according to income (quintiles) 1988-1997].

scientific article published in March 2008

[Position of the Latin American Society of Nutrition (SLAN) on the management of conflict of interest.]

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

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