Astrid Caichac Caichac

Universidad Autónoma De Chile · Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud

The Objective is to determine the stages of change in the behavior of university students regarding the purchase of ultra-processed snacks consumed. Multi-center study (14 Chilean universities). The participants (4,807 students)evaluated were applied a survey to determine the stage of change of behavior regarding the purchase of foods with warning...

Objective: To analyze the stage of change in food consumption with warning labels among Chilean university students. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional study which applied surveys in universities from all over the country. Study included 4807 participants of 18 to 40 years of both sexes who were asked about the level of knowledge of the new...

We designed and implemented an intervention to improve the diet of 94 miners with cardiovascular risk of a mining company. The diagnosis included a qualitative study of the desires, motivations and barriers that workers have to lead a healthy life, a survey of food consumption and checking the institutional food service. Anthropometric and biochemi...

Introduction: adult primary hypolactasia results from the genetically programmed decrease of intestinal lactase after weaning. It is estimated that about 75% of the adult population in the world is hypolactasic. Aim: To determine the prevalence of hypolactasia in school children in the Metropolitan Area and its relation to the consumption of dairy...