SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
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Scientific Publications 2021
Educational inequialities in obesity: A multilevel analyisis of survey data from cities in Latin America.
Date
2021
Authors:
Mazariegos M, Auchincloss A, Braverman-Bronstein A, Kroker-Lobos, MF, Ramírez-Zea M, Hessel P, Miranda J, Pérez-Ferrer C.
Published in:
Public Health Nutrition
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34167613/
Projecting the Impact of Nutrition Policy to Improve Child Stunting: A Case Study in Guatemala Using the Lives Saved Tool.
Patterns of Growth in Childhood in Relation to Adult Schooling Attainment and Intelligence Quotient in 6 Birth Cohorts in Low and Middle -Income Countries. an everyone hear me?Date
Oct, 2021
Authors:
Tschida S, Cordon A, Asturias G, Mazariegos M, Kroker-Lobos MF, Jackson B, Rohloff P, Flood D
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Science Practice
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htpss://ghspjournal.org/content/early/2021/10/25/GHSP-D-20-00585
Date
August, 2021
Authors:
Poveda N, Hartwig F, Victora C, Adair L, Barros F, Bhargava S, Horta B, Lee N, Martorell R, Mazariegos M, Menezes A, Norris S, Richter L, Sachdev H, Stein A, Wehrmeister F, Stein A, COHORTS Group.
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The Journal of Nutrition, Volume 151, Issue 8
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Can everyone hear me? Reflections on the use of global online workshops for promoting inclusive knowledge generation.
Date
June 10, 2021
Authors:
Beatrice Egid, Kim Ozano, Guillermo Hegel, Emily Zimmerman, Yaimie Lòpez, Maria Roura, Payam Sheikhattari, Laundette Jones, Sonia Dias, Nina Wallerstein.
Published in:
Qualitative Research
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https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/14687941211019585
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Scientific Publications 2020
Overweight and Obesity, Cardiometabolic Health, and Body Composition: Findings from the Follow-Up Studies of the INCAP Longitudinal Study. First Published online.
Date
June 10, 2020
Authors:
Kroker-Lobos MF, Ramirez-Zea M, Stein AD.
Published in:
Food and Nutrition Bulletin
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Socio-economic and ethnic disparities of malnutrition in all its forms in Guatemala
Date
07 October 2019
Authors:
Mónica Mazariegos, María F Kroker Lobos and Manuel Ramírez Zea
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Cambridge University Press
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Overabundance of unhealthy food advertising targeted to children on Guatemalan television
Date
2020, February
Authors:
Emma Lucia Cosenza-Quintana, Analí Morales-Juárez, Manuel Ramirez-Zea, Stefanie Vandevijvere, Maria F Kroker-Lobos
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Health Promotion International
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Barriers to cervical cancer screening in Guatemala: a quantitative analysis using data from the Guatemala Demographic and Health Surveys.
Date
2020
Authors:
Gottschlich A, Ochoa P, Rivera-Andrade A, Alvarez C, Mendoza Montano C, Camel C, Meza R.
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Int J of Public Health
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Challenges in the provision of kidney care at the largest public nephrology center in Guatemala: a qualitative study with health professionals
Date
2020
Authors:
Flood D, Wilcox K, Aguilar Ferro A, Mendoza Montano C, Barnoya J, Garcia P, Lou-Meda R, Rohloff P and Chary A.
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BMC Nephrology
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Lack of nutrient declarations and low nutritional quality of pre-packaged foods sold in Guatemalan supermarkets
Date
2020 May 26
Authors:
Alarcón-Calderon A, Manuel Ramirez-Zea, Stefanie Vandevijvere, Maria F Kroker-Lobos.
Published in:
Public Health Nutr
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INCAP Longitudinal Study: 50 years of History and Legacy
Date
2020
Authors:
Ramirez-Zea M; Mazariegos M.
Published in:
Food and Nutrition Bulletin
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Dairy Intake and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease.
Date
2020
Authors:
Bhupathi, V., Mazariegos, M., Cruz Rodriguez, J.B. et al.
Published in:
Springer Link
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Validity of Guatemalan Mother's Self-Reported Breast-Feeding Practices of 3-Month-Old Infants.
Date
2016 Dec;37(4):494-503
Authors:
Mazariegos M, Slater C, Ramirez-Zea M.
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Food Nutr Bull.
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Evaluating a multicomponent program to improve hypertension control in Guatemala: study protocol for an effectiveness-implementation cluster randomized trial
Date
09 June 2020
Authors:
Alejandra Paniagua-Avila, Meredith P. Fort, Russell E. Glasgow, Pablo Gulayin, Diego Hernández-Galdamez, Kristyne Mansilla, Eduardo Palacios, Ana Lucia Peralta, Dina Roche, Adolfo Rubinstein, Jiang He, Manuel Ramirez-Zea & Vilma Irazola
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Trials
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Associations between Helicobacter pylori with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and other metabolic conditions in Guatemala.
Date
Oct, 2020
Authors:
Alvarez CS, Florio AA, Butt J, Rivera-Andrade A, Kroker-Lobos MF, Waterboer T, Camargo MC, Freedman ND, Graubard BI, Lazo M, Guallar E, Groopman JD, Ramírez-Zea M, McGlynn KA.
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Helicobacter
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Associations between Helicobacter pylori with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and other metabolic conditions in Guatemala.
Date
Oct, 2020
Authors:
Alvarez CS, Florio AA, Butt J, Rivera-Andrade A, Kroker-Lobos MF, Waterboer T, Camargo MC, Freedman ND, Graubard BI, Lazo M, Guallar E, Groopman JD, Ramírez-Zea M, McGlynn KA.
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Helicobacter
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Using self-collection HPV testing to increase engagement in cervical cancer screening programs in rural Guatemala: a longitudinal analysis.
Date
Sept, 2020
Authors:
Gottschlich A, Rivera-Andrade A, Bevilacqua K, Murchland AR, Isak E, Alvarez CS, Ogilvie G, Carey TE, Prince M, Dean M, Mendoza-Montano C, Meza R.
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BMC Public Health
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Aflatoxin B1 exposure and liver cirrhosis in Guatemala: a case-control study.
Date
Jul, 2020
Authors:
Alvarez CS, Hernández E, Escobar K, Villagrán CI, Kroker-Lobos MF, Rivera-Andrade A, Smith JW, Egner PA, Lazo M, Freedman ND, Guallar E, Dean M, Graubard BI, Groopman JD, Ramírez-Zea M, McGlynn KA
Published in:
BMJ Open Gastroenterol
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Correction to: exposure to improved nutrition from conception to age 2 years and adult cardiometabolic disease risk: misclassification of 31 individuals.
Date
Jan, 2020
Authors:
Ford ND, Behrman JR, Hoddinott JF, Maluccio JA, Martorell R, Ramirez-Zea M, Stein AD.
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Lancet Glob Health
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Leptin partially mediates the association between early-life nutritional supplementation and long-term glycemic status among women in a Guatemalan longitudinal cohort.
Date
Apr, 2020
Authors:
He S, Le NA, Ramirez-Zea M, Martorell R, Narayan KMV, Stein AD
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Am J Clin Nutr
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Macronutrients, energy, and bile acid metabolism pathways altered following a physiological meal challenge, relative to fasting, among Guatemalan adults.
Date
Aug, 2020
Authors:
Yu EA, Yu T, Jones DP, Martorell R, Ramirez-Zea M, Stein AD
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J Nutr.
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Prevalence and predictors of high blod pressure among women of reproductive age and children aged 10 to 14 years in Guatemala.
Date
Jul, 2020
Authors:
Pickens CM, Flores-Ayala R, Addo OY, Whitehead RD Jr, Palmieri M, Ramirez-Zea M, Hong Y, Jefferds ME
Published in:
Prev Chronic Dis
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Postprandial glycemic response differend by early life nutritional exposure in a longitudinal cohort: asingle- and multi-biomarker approach.
Date
Sep, 2020
Authors:
He S, Le NA, Ramírez-Zea M, Martorell R, Narayan KMV, Stein AD
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Eur J Nutr.
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B-vitamins and metabolic syndrome in Mesoamerican children and their adult parents.
Date
Oct, 2020
Authors:
Villatoro-Santos CR, Ramirez-Zea M, Villamor E; Nine Mesoamerican Countries Metabolic Syndrome (NiMeCoMeS) Study Group
Published in:
Public Health Nutr
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Lifecourse body mass index trajectories and cardio-metabolic disease risk in Guatemalan adults.
Date
Oct, 2020
Authors:
Villatoro-Santos CR, Ramirez-Zea M, Villamor E; Nine Mesoamerican Countries Metabolic Syndrome (NiMeCoMeS) Study Group
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PLoS One
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Improved nutrition in early life and pulse wave velocity and augmentation index in mid,adulthood: follow-up of the INCAP nutrition supplementation trial longitudinal study.
Date
Oct, 2020
Authors:
Kroker-Lobos MF, Ford ND, Gonzalez-Casanova I, Martorell R, Ramirez-Zea M, Stein AD.
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PLoS One
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Metabolomic profiling agter a meal shows greater changes and lower metabolic flexibility in cardiometabolic diseases.
Date
Aug, 2020
Authors:
Yu EA, Yu T, Jones DP, Ramirez-Zea M, Stein AD.
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J Endocr Soc
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Feasibility of satellite image and GIS sampling for population representative surveys: a case studyfrom rural Guatemala
Date
Dec, 2020
Authors:
Miller A, Rohlof P, Blake, A, Dhaenens E, Shaw E, Tuiz E, Grandesso F, Mendoza-Montano C, Thomson D.
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Int J Heath Georgr.
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Scientific Publications 2019
HPV self-sampling acceptability in rural and indigenous communities in Guatemala: a cross sectional study.
Date
2019, 9
Authors:
Murchland AR, Gottschlich A, Bevilacqua K, Mendoza Montano C. et al.
Published in:
BMJ
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Socio-economic and ethnic disparities of malnutrition in all its forms in Guatemala.
Date
2019
Authors:
Mazariegos M., Kroker-Lobos MF, Ramírez-Zea M.
Published in:
Public Health Nutrition
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Association between aflatoxin-albumin adduct levels and tortilla consumption in Guatemalan adults.
Date
2019; 6: 465–471
Authors:
Kroker-Lobos MF, Alvarez S, Rivera-Andrade A, Smith W et al.
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High prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and metabolic risk factors in Guatemala: A population-based study.
Date
2019;29(2):191-200
Authors:
Rivera-Andrade A, Kroker-Lobos MF, Lazo M, et al
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Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis.
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An 11-country study to benchmark the implementation of recommended nutrition policies by national governments using the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index, 2015-2018
Date
2019
Authors:
Vandevijvere S, Barquera S, Caceres G, Corvalan C, Karupaiah T, Kroker-Lobos MF et al
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Obes Rev. Suppl
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Nutritional Content According to the Presence of Front of Package Marketing Strategies: The Case of Ultra-Processed Snack Food Products Purchased in Costa Rica
Date
2019 Nov 12;11(11):2738
Authors:
Gamboa-Gamboa T, Blanco-Metzler A, Vandevijvere S, Ramirez-Zea M, Kroker-Lobos MF
Published in:
Nutrients
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Television Food and Beverage Marketing to Children in Costa Rica: Current State and Policy Implications”.
Date
2019 May 21:1-12
Authors:
Zamora I, Jensen M, Vandevijvere S, Ramirez-Zea M, Kroker-Lobos MF
Published in:
Public Health Nutr
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Using community-based system dynamics modeling to understand the complex systems that influence health in cities: The SALURBAL study
Date
2019 Oct
Authors:
Langellier BA, Kuhlberg JA, Ballard EA, Slesinski SC, Stankov I, Gouveia N, Meisel JD, Kroker-Lobos MF, Sarmiento OL, Caiaffa WT, Diez Roux AV; SALURBAL Group
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Health Place
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The food environment in Latin America: A systematic review with a focus on environments relevant to obesity and related chronic diseases.
Date
2019
Authors:
Pérez-Ferrer C, Auchincloss A, De Menezes M, Kroker-Lobos MF, Cardoso L, Barrientos-Gutierrez T.
Published in:
Public Health Nutrition
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Parity, lactation, and long-term weight change in Mexican Woman Maternal Child Nutrition
Date
2019
Authors:
Mazariegos M, Oritz-Panoso E, González de Cosio T, Lahous M, Lopez-Ridura, R
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Women’s circles as a culturally safe psychosocial intervention in Guatemalan indigenous communities: a community-led pilot randomized trial.
Date
Apr, 2019.
Authors:
Chomat AM, Menchú AI, Andersson N, Ramirez-Zea M, Pedersen D, Bleile A, Letona P, Araya R.
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BMC Womens Health
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Global benchmarking of children’s exposure to television advertising of unhealthy foods and beverages acroos 22 countries.
Date
Nov, 2019
Authors:
Kelly B, Vandevijvere S, Ng S, Adams J, Allemandi L, Bahena-Espina L, Barquera S, Boyland E, Calleja P, Carmona-Garcés IC, Castronuovo L, Cauchi D, Correa T, Corvalán C, Cosenza-Quintana EL, Fernández-Escobar C, González-Zapata LI, Halford J, Jaichuen N, Jensen ML, Karupaiah T, Kaur A, Kroker-Lobos MF, Mchiza Z, Miklavec K, Parker WA, Potvin Kent M, Pravst I, Ramírez-Zea M, Reiff S, Reyes M, Royo-Bordonada MÁ, Rueangsom P, Scarborough P, Tiscornia MV, Tolentino-Mayo L, Wate J, White M, Zamora-Corrales I, Zeng L, Swinburn B.
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Obes Rev.
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The Kathmandu Declaration on global CVD/Hypertension research and implementation science: a framework to advance implementation research for cardiovascular and other noncommunicaclbe diseases in low-and middle-income countries.
Date
Jun, 2019
Authors:
Aifah A, Iwelunmor J, Akwanalo C, Allison J, Amberbir A, Asante KP, Baumann A, Brown A, Butler M, Dalton M, Davila-Roman V, Fitzpatrick AL, Fort M, Goldberg R, Gondwe A, Ha D, He J, Hosseinipour M, Irazola V, Kamano J, Karengera S, Karmacharya BM, Koju R, Maharjan R, Mohan S, Mutabazi V, Mutimura E, Muula A, Narayan KMV, Nguyen H, Njuguna B, Nyirenda M, Ogedegbe G, van Oosterhout J, Onakomaiya D, Patel S, Paniagua-Ávila A, Ramirez-Zea M, Plange-Rhule J, Roche D, Shrestha A, Sharma H, Tandon N, Thu-Cuc N, Vaidya A, Vedanthan R, Weber MB
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Glob Heart
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Stakeholder engagement in the translation of a hypertension control program to Guatemala’s public primary health care system: lessons learned, challenges and opportunities.
Date
Jun, 2019
Authors:
Fort MP, Paniagua-Avila A, Beratarrechea A, Cardona S, Figueroa JC, Martinez-Folgar K, Moyano D, Barrios E, Mazariegos BE, Palacios E, Irazola V, He J, Ramirez-Zea M.
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Glob Heart
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Scientific Publications 2018
An 11-country study to benchmark the implementation of recommended nutrition policies by national governments using the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index 2015-2018.
Date
2019, Jan
Authors:
Vandevijvere S, Barquera S, Caceres G, Corvalan C, Karypaiah T, Kroker-Lobos MF, L'Abbé M, Ng SH, Phulkerd S, Ramírez-Zea M, Rebello SA, Reyes M, Sacks G, Sánchez Nóchez CM, Sànchez K, Sanders D, Spires M, Swart R, Trancgharoensathien V, Tay Z, Taylor A, Tolentino-Mayo L, Vand Dam R, Vaderlee L, Watson F, Whitton C, Swinburn
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Obes REv
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Position of the Latin American Society of Nutrition (SLAN) on the management of conflict of interest
Date
2018 Sept-Oct
Authors:
Barquera S, García-Chávez CG, Navarro-Rosenblatt D, Uauy R, Pérez Escamilla R, Martorell R, Ramírez-Zea M, Sánchez-Bazán
Published in:
Salud Publica MEx
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Sociodemographic, Anthropometric and Dietary Predictors of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Adipose Tissue Among Mesoamerican Children and Their Parents.
Date
2018 Dec
Authors:
Flannagan KS, Ramírez M, Roman AV, Das AK, Villamor
Published in:
Food Nutr Bull
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Implementation Tell Us More Beyond Polled Estimates: Secondary Analysis of a Multicountry mHealth Trial to Reduce Blood Pressure
Date
2018 Nov
Authors:
Carrillo-Larco RM, Jiwani SS, Diez-Canseco F, Kanter R, Beratarrechea A, Irazola V, Ramírez-Zea M, Rubinstein A, Martínez H, Miranda JJ; GISMAL
Published in:
JMIR Mhealth Uhealth
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Exposure to improved nutrition from conception to age 2 years an adult cardiometabolic disease risk: a modelling study
Date
2018 Aug
Authors:
Ford ND, Behrman JR, Hoddinott JF, Maluccio JA, Martorell R, Ramírez M, Stein
Published in:
Lacet Glob Health
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Adipose tissue polyunsaturated gatty acids and metabolic syndrome among adult parents and their children.
Date
Dec, 2018
Authors:
Flannagan KS, Ramírez-Zea M, Roman AV, Das AK, Villamor E; Nine Mesoamerican Countries Metabolic Syndrome Study (NiMeCoMeS) Group.
Published in:
Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis
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Scientific Publications 2017
Aflatoxin and viral hepatitis exposures in Guatemala: Molecular biomarkers reveal a unique profile of risk factos in a region of high liver cancer
Date
2017 Dec
Authors:
Smith JW, Kroker-Lobos MF, Lazo M, Rivera-Andrade A, Egner PA, Wedemeyer H, Torres O, Freedman ND, McGlynn KA, Guallar E, Groopman JD, Ramìrez-Zea M
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PLoS One
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Acceptability of Human Papillomavirus Self-Sampling for Cervical Cancer Screening in an Indigenous Community in Guatemala
Date
2017
Authors:
Gottschlich A, Rivera-Andrade A, Grajeda E, Alvarez C, Mendoza Montano C, Meza R.
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Journal of Global Oncol
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Prevalence of risk factors for noncommunicable diseases in an indigenous community in Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala.
Date
2017
Authors:
Chen D, Rivera-Andrade A, González J, Burt D, Mendoza-Montano C, Patrie J, Luna M.
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Rev Panam Salud
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Prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of metabolic syndrome in school-aged children and their parents in nine Mesoamerican countries.
Date
Feb, 2017
Authors:
Villamor E, Finan CC, Ramirez-Zea M, Roman AV; Nine Mesoamerican Countries Metabolic Syndrome Study (NiMeCoMeS) Group.
Published in:
Public Health Nutr
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Sociodemographic correlates and family aggregation of leukocyte telomere length in adults and children from Mesoamerica.
Date
May, 2017
Authors:
Flannagan KS, Jansen EC, Rozek LS, Rentschler KM, Roman AV, Ramirez-Zea M, Villamor E; Nine Mesoamerican Countries Metabolic Syndrome Study (NiMeCoMeS) Group.
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Am J Hum Biol
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Dietary patterns and cardio-metabolic risk in a population of Guatemalan young adults.
Date
Jul, 2017
Authors:
Ford ND, Jaacks LM, Martorell R, Mehta NK, Perrine CG, Ramirez-Zea M, Stein AD
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BMC Nutr
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Correlates and family aggregation of vitamin D concentrations in school—aged children and their parents in nine Mesoamerican countries.
Date
Oct, 2017
Authors:
Robinson SL, Ramirez-Zea M, Roman AV, Villamor E; Nine Mesoamerican Countries Metabolic Syndrome Study (NiMeCoMeS) Group.
Published in:
Public Health Nutr
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Nutrition status of children in Latin America.
Date
Jul, 2017
Authors:
Corvalán C, Garmendia ML, Jones-Smith J, Lutter CK, Miranda JJ, Pedraza LS, Popkin BM, Ramirez-Zea M, Salvo D, Stein AD.
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Obes Rev
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Scientific Publications 2016
Evaluation of a pilot hypertension management programme for Guatemalan adults.
Date
Junio 2016
Authors:
Mendoza Montano C, Fort M, Ramirez –Zea M, Cruz J, Ramirez-Zea M
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Health Promotion International.
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Validity of guatemalan mother´s self-reported breast-feeding practices of 3-month-old infants.
Date
Junio 2016
Authors:
Mazariegos M, Slater C, Ramírez-Zea M
Published in:
Food Nutrition Bullietin
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Healthy casetas: a potential strategy to improve the food environment in low-income schools to reduce obesity in children in Guatemala City.
Date
May-Jun2016
Authors:
Pehlke EL, Letona P, Ramirez-Zea M, Gittelsohn
Published in:
JEcol Food Nutr
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Use of m-health technology for preventive interventions to tackle cardiometabolic conditions and other non-communicable diseases in Latin America- challenges and opportunities.
Date
Mayo-Junio 2016
Authors:
Beratarrechea A, Diez-Canseco F, Irazola V, Miranda J, Ramirez-Zea M, Rubinstein A.
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Prog Cardiovasc Dis.
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Training and capacity building in LMIC for research in heart and lung diseases: The NHLBI-United Health Global Health Centers of Excellence Program.
Date
Marzo 2016
Authors:
Bloomfield GS, Xavier D, Belis D, Alam D, Davis P, Dorairaj P, Ghannem H, Gilman RH, Kamath D, Kimaiyo S, Levitt N, Martinez H, Mejicano G, Miranda JJ, Koehlmoos TP, Rabadán-Diehl C, Ramirez-Zea M, Rubinstein A, Sacksteder KA, Steyn K, Tandon N, Vedanthan R, Wolbach T, Wu Y, Yan LL.
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Glob Heart.
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Tackling NCD in LMIC: Achievements and lessons learned from the NHLBI-United Health Global Health Centers of Excellence Program.
Date
Marzo 2016
Authors:
Engelgau MM, Sampson UK, Rabadan-Diehl C, Smith R, Miranda J, Bloomfield GS, Belis D, Narayan KM; National Health, Lung, and Blood Institute–UnitedHealth Global Health Centers of Excellence Collaborators.
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Glob Heart.
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Effectiveness of a m-Health intervention to improve the cardiometabolic profile of people with prehypertension in low-resource urban settings in Latin America: a randomised controlled trial.
Date
Enero 2016
Authors:
Rubinstein A, Miranda JJ, Beratarrechea A, Diez-Canseco F, Kanter R, Gutierrez L, Bernabé-Ortiz A, Irazola V, Fernandez A, Letona P, Martínez H, Ramirez-Zea M; GISMAL group.
Published in:
Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol
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Scientific Publications 2015
Impact evaluation of a healthy lifestyle intervention to reduce cardiovascular disease risk in health centers in San José, Costa Rica and Chiapas, Mexico.
Date
Diciembre 2015
Authors:
Fort MP, Murillo S, López E, Dengo AL, Alvarado-Molina N, de Beausset I, Castro M, Peña L, Ramírez-Zea M, Martínez H.
Published in:
BMC Health Services Research.
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Opportunities for involving men and families in chronic disease management: a qualitative study from Chiapas, Mexico.
Date
Octubre 2015
Authors:
Fort MP, Castro M, Peña L, López Hernández SH, Arreola Camacho G, Ramírez-Zea M, Martínez H.
Published in:
BMC Public Health
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A scorecard for tracking actions to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases.
Date
Septiembre 2015
Authors:
Roman AV, Perez W, Smith R; GRAND South.
Published in:
Lancet.
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Lactancia materna y enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles en la vida adulta
Date
Septiembre 2015
Authors:
Mazariegos M y Ramírez Zea Manuel.
Published in:
Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición
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An assessment of community health workers' ability to screen for cardiovascular disease risk with a simple, non-invasive risk assessment instrument in Bangladesh, Guatemala, Mexico, and South Africa: an observational study.
Date
Septiembre 2015
Authors:
Gaziano TA, Abrahams-Gessel S, Denman CA, Montano CM, Khanam M, Puoane T, Levitt NS
Published in:
The Lancet. Global Health.
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Aceptabilidad de una intervención basada en Salud Móvil para modificar estilos de vida en prehipertensos de Argentina, Guatemala y Perú: un estudio piloto.
Date
Abril-junio 2015
Authors:
Beratarrechea A, Diez-Canseco F, Fernández A, Kanter R, Letona P, Martinez H, Miranda JJ, Ramirez-Zea M, Rubinstein A.
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Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública
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Guatemalan school food environment: impact on schoolchildren's risk of both undernutrition and overweight/obesity.
Date
Marzo 2015
Authors:
Pehlke EL, Letona P, Hurley K, Gittelsohn
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J. Health Promot Int
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Validation of a BMI cut-off point to predict an adverse cardiometabolic profile with adiposity measurements by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in Guatemalan children.
Date
Abril 2015
Authors:
Redondo O, Villamor E, Valdés J, Bilal U, Caballero B, Roche D, Kroker F, Ramírez-Zea M, Franco M.
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Public Health Nutr
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The training and fieldwork experiences of community health workers conducting population-based, noninvasive screening for CVD in LMIC.
Date
Marzo 2015
Authors:
Abrahams-Gessel S, Denman CA, Montano CM, Gaziano TA, Levitt N, Rivera-Andrade A, Carrasco DM, Zulu J, Khanam MA, Puoane T.
Published in:
Global Heart
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Design and Multi-Country Validation of Text Messages for an mHealth Intervention for Primary Prevention of Progression to Hypertension in Latin America.
Date
Febrero 2015
Authors:
Diez-Canseco F, Zavala-Loayza JA, Beratarrechea A, Kanter R, Ramirez-Zea M, Rubinstein A, Martinez H, Miranda JJ.
Published in:
JMIR Mhealth Uhealth.
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Snack food advertising in stores around public schools in Guatemala.
Date
Authors:
Chacon V, Letona P, Villamor E, Barnoya J.
Published in:
Crit Public Health
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Training and supervision of community health workers conducting population-based, noninvasive screening for CVD in LMIC: implications for scaling up.
Date
2015 Mar
Authors:
Abrahams-Gessel S, Denman CA, Montano CM, Gaziano TA, Levitt N, Rivera-Andrade A, Carrasco DM, Zulu J, Khanam MA, Puoane T
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Glob Heart
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doi: 10.1016/j.gheart.2014.12.009.
PubMed PMID: 25754565; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4356016.
Cardiovascular disease screening by community health workers can be cost-effective in low-resource countries
Date
2015
Authors:
Gaziano T, Abrahams-Gessel S, Surka S, Denman CA, Mendoza Montano C, Levitt N
Published in:
Health Affairs
Link:
https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0349
Parental childhood growth and offspring birthweight: pooled analyses fromo four birth cohorts in low- and middle- income countries.
Date
Jan-Feb, 2015
Authors:
Addo OY, Stein AD, Fall CH, Gigante DP, Guntupalli AM, Horta BL, Kuzawa CW, Lee N, Norris SA, Osmond C, Prabhakaran P, Richter LM, Sachdev HP, Martorell R; Cohorts Group.
Published in:
Am J Hum Biol
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Design and Multi-Country validation of text messages for an mHealth intervention for primary prevfention of progression to Hypertension in Latin America.
Date
Feb, 2015
Authors:
Diez-Canseco F, Zavala-Loayza JA, Beratarrechea A, Kanter R, Ramirez-Zea M, Rubinstein A, Martinez H, Miranda JJ
Published in:
JMIR Mhealth Uhealth
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Inflammation and Nutritional Science for programs/policies and interpretation of research evidence (INSPIRE).
Date
May, 2015
Authors:
Raiten DJ, Sakr Ashour FA, Ross AC, Meydani SN, Dawson HD, Stephensen CB, Brabin BJ, Suchdev PS, van Ommen B; INSPIRE Consultative Group
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J Nutr
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Acceptability of a mobile health-based intervention to modify lifestyles in prehypertensive patients in Argentina, Guatemala and Perú: a pilot study.
Date
Apr-Jun, 2015
Authors:
Beratarrechea A, Diez-Canseco F, Fernández A, Kanter R, Letona P, Martinez H, Miranda JJ, Ramirez-Zea M, Rubinstein A.
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Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica
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Opportunities for involving men and families in chronic disease management: a qualitative study from Chiapas, Mexico.
Date
Oct, 2015
Authors:
Fort MP, Castro M, Peña L, López Hernández SH, Arreola Camacho G, Ramírez-Zea M, Martínez H.
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BMC Public Health
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Relative validity of three food frequency questionnaires for assessing dietary intakes of Guatemalan schoolchildren.
Date
Oct, 2015
Authors:
Marcinkevage J, Mayén AL, Zuleta C, DiGirolamo AM, Stein AD, Ramirez-Zea M.
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PLoS One
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Total adult cardiovascular risk in Central America.
Date
Dec, 2015
Authors:
Barceló A, Gregg EW, Wong-McClure R, Meiners M, Ramirez-Zea M, Segovia J.
Published in:
Rev Panam Salud Publica
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Scientific Publications 2014
Trends and heterogeneity of cardiovascular disease and risk factors across Latin American and Caribbean countries.
Date
2014 Nov-Dec
Authors:
Rivera-Andrade A, Luna MA.
Published in:
Prog Cardiovasc Dis.
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Formative research to develop a community-based intervention for chronic disease prevention in Guatemala school-age children.
Date
Jan, 2014
Authors:
Letona P, Ramirez-Zea M, Caballero B, Gittelsohn J.
Published in:
BMC Public Health
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Height-for-age z score increase despite increasing height deficits among children in 5 developing countries.
Date
Sept, 2014
Authors:
Lundeen EA, Stein AD, Adair LS, Behrman JR, Bhargava SK, Dearden KA, Gigante D, Norris SA, Richter LM, Fall CH, Martorell R, Sachdev HS, Victora CG; COHORTS Investigators
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Am J Clin Nutr
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The double burden of malnutrition in indigenous and nonindigenous Guatemalan populations.
Date
Dec, 2014
Authors:
Ramirez-Zea M, Kroker-Lobos MF, Close-Fernandez R, Kanter R.
Published in:
Am J Clin Nutr
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Management of NCD in low-and middle-income countries
Date
Dec, 2014
Authors:
Checkley W, Ghannem H, Irazola V, Kimaiyo S, Levitt NS, Miranda JJ, Niessen L, Prabhakaran D, Rabadán-Diehl C, Ramirez-Zea M, Rubinstein A, Sigamani A, Smith R, Tandon N, Wu Y, Xavier D, Yan LL; GRAND South Network, UnitedHealth Group/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Centers of Excellence.
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Glob Heart
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What determines adult cognitive skills? Influences of pre-school, school and post-school experiences in Guatemala.
Date
Dec, 2014
Authors:
Behrman JR, Hoddinott J, Maluccio JA, Soler-Hampejsek E, Behrman EL, Martorell R, Ramírez-Zea M, Stein AD.
Published in:
Lat Am Econ Rev
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Scientific Publications 2013
Adult consequences of growth failure in early childhood.
Date
Nov, 2013
Authors:
Hoddinott J, Behrman JR, Maluccio JA, Melgar P, Quisumbing AR, Ramirez-Zea M, Stein AD, Yount KM, Martorell R.
Published in:
Am J Clin Nutr
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Infant feeding and school attainment in five cohorts from low- and middle- income countries.
Date
Aug, 2013.
Authors:
Horta BL, Bas A, Bhargava SK, Fall CH, Feranil A, de Kadt J, Martorell R, Richter LM, Stein AD, Victora CG; COHORTS group
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PLoS One
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Associations among dietary zinc intakes and biomarkers of zinc status before and after a zinc supplementation program in Guatemalan schoolchildren.
Date
Jun, 2013
Authors:
Bui VQ, Marcinkevage J, Ramakrishnan U, Flores-Ayala RC, Ramirez-Zea M, Villalpando S, Martorell R, DiGirolamo AM, Stein AD.
Published in:
Food Nutr Bull
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Early childhood diarrhea and cardiometabolic risk factors in adulthood: the Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama Nutritional Supplementation Longitudinal Study.
Date
Jun, 2013
Authors:
DeBoer MD, Chen D, Burt DR, Ramirez-Zea M, Guerrant RL, Stein AD, Martorell R, Luna MA.
Published in:
Ann Epidemiol
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Associations of liner growth and relative weight gain during early life with adult health and human capital in countries of low and middle income: findings from five birth cohort studies.
Date
Aug, 2013
Authors:
Adair LS, Fall CH, Osmond C, Stein AD, Martorell R, Ramirez-Zea M, Sachdev HS, Dahly DL, Bas I, Norris SA, Micklesfield L, Hallal P, Victora CG; COHORTS group.
Published in:
Lancet.
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Maternal height and child growth patterns.
Date
Aug, 2013
Authors:
Addo OY, Stein AD, Fall CH, Gigante DP, Guntupalli AM, Horta BL, Kuzawa CW, Lee N, Norris SA, Prabhakaran P, Richter LM, Sachdev HS, Martorell R; Consortium on Health Orientated Research in Transitional Societies (COHORTS) Group.
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J Pediatr.
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Scientific Publications 2012
Associations between serum C-reactive protein and serum zinc, ferritin, and copper in Guatemalan school children.
Date
Aug, 2012
Authors:
Bui VQ, Stein AD, DiGirolamo AM, Ramakrishnan U, Flores-Ayala RC, Ramirez-Zea M, Grant FK, Villalpando S, Martorell R.
Published in:
Biol Trace Elem Res
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Prevalence of diabetes and intermediate hyperglycemia among adults from the first multinational study of noncommunicable diseases in six Central American countries: The Central America Diabetes Initiative (CAMDI)
Date
Apr, 2012
Authors:
Barcelo A, Gregg EW, Gerzoff RB, Wong R, Perez Flores E, Ramirez-Zea M, Cafiero E, Altamirano L, Ascencio Rivera M, de Cosio G, de Maza MD, del Aguila R, Emanuel E, Gil E, Gough E, Jenkins V, Orellana P, Palma R, Palomo R, Pastora M, Peña R, Pineda E, Rodriguez B, Tacsan L, Thompson L, Villagra L; CAMDI Collaborative Study Group.
Published in:
Diabetes Care
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Breast milk vitamin B-12 concentrations in Guatemalan women are correlated with maternal but not infant vitamin B-12 status at 12 months postpartum.
Date
Jan, 2012
Authors:
Deegan KL, Jones KM, Zuleta C, Ramirez-Zea M, Lildballe DL, Nexo E, Allen LH.
Published in:
J Nutr
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Birth weight postnatal weight gain, and adult body composition in five low- and middle-income countries
Date
Jan-Feb, 2012
Authors:
Kuzawa CW, Hallal PC, Adair L, Bhargava SK, Fall CH, Lee N, Norris SA, Osmond C, Ramirez-Zea M, Sachdev HS, Stein AD, Victora CG; COHORTS Group.
Published in:
Am J Hum Biol
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Size at birth, weight gain in infancy and childhood, and adult diabetes risk in five low- or middle-income country birth cohorts.
Date
Jan, 2012
Authors:
Norris SA, Osmond C, Gigante D, Kuzawa CW, Ramakrishnan L, Lee NR, Ramirez-Zea M, Richter LM, Stein AD, Tandon N, Fall CH; COHORTS Group.
Published in:
Diabetes Care
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Scientific Publications 2011
Global response to non-communicable disease.
Date
Jun, 2011
Authors:
UnitedHealth, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Centers of Excellence, Cerqueira MT, Cravioto A, Dianis N, Ghannem H, Levitt N, Yan LL, Kimaiyo S, Koehlmoos T, Miranda J, Niessen L, Prabhakaran D, Ramirez-Zea M, Rubinstein A, Wu Y, Xavier D, Smith R.
Published in:
BMJ
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Infant-feeding patterns and cardiovascular risk factors in young adulthood: data from five cohots in low- and middle- income countries.
Date
Feb, 2011
Authors:
Fall CH, Borja JB, Osmond C, Richter L, Bhargava SK, Martorell R, Stein AD, Barros FC, Victora CG; COHORTS group
Published in:
Int J Epidemiol
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Scientific Publications 2010
Prediction of fat-free mass by bioelectrical impedance analysis in older adults from developing countries: a cross-validation study using the deuterium dilution method.
Date
Jun, 2010
Authors:
Aleman-Mateo H, Rush E, Esparza-Romero J, Ferriolli E, Ramirez-Zea M, Bour A, Yuchingtat G, Ndour R, Mokhtar N, Valencia ME, Schoeller DA.
Published in:
J Nutr Health Aging
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The effect of nutritional supplementation on physical activity and exploratory behavior of Mexican infants aged 8-12 months.
Date
Jun, 2010
Authors:
Aburto NJ, Ramirez-Zea M, Neufeld LM, Flores-Ayala R.
Published in:
Eur J Clin Nutr
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INCAP Oriente longitudinal study: 40 years of history and legacy.
Date
Feb, 2010
Authors:
Ramirez-Zea M, Melgar P, Rivera JA.
Published in:
J Nutr
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Growth patterns in early childhood and final attained stature: data from five birth cohorts from low-and middle-income countries.
Date
May-Jun, 2010
Authors:
Stein AD, Wang M, Martorell R, Norris SA, Adair LS, Bas I, Sachdev HS, Bhargava SK, Fall CH, Gigante DP, Victora CG; Cohorts Group.
Published in:
Am J Hum Biol
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Randomized trial the effect of zinc supplementation on the mental health of school-age children in Guatemala.
Date
Nov, 2010
Authors:
DiGirolamo AM, Ramirez-Zea M, Wang M, Flores-Ayala R, Martorell R, Neufeld LM, Ramakrishnan U, Sellen D, Black MM, Stein AD.
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Am J Clin Nutr
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