Sodium Intake in Populations: Assessment of Evidence
Previously established evidence strongly supports that consumption of excessive sodium is a risk factor for high blood pressure, which in turn is a strong risk factor for consequent health outcomes, including cardiovascular disease (CVD), stroke, and mortality.
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Guía de Autoevaluación de Buenas Prácticas Nutricionales de Nutrición10 HambreCero
Los indicadores de cumplimiento de BPN miden el estado o los avances en la gestión alimentario-nutricional. De esta forma, la Guía de autoevaluación de BPN constituye una herramienta que permite una mirada integral y la formulación o reformulación de intervenciones en los niveles locales.
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Global Development Goals and Linkages to Health and Sustainability: Workshop Summary
This report focuses on possible health-related measures and metrics that can be utilized for creating new Sustainable Development Goals as the Millennium Development Goals sunset in 2015, using existing measurements that can be adapted to track progress of global sustainable development and human health.
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Los primeros olores de la cocina de mi casa
Los primeros olores de la cocina de mi casa" es una guía de alimentación con consejos prácticos y recetas sencillas para que los niños de 6 a 23 meses crezcan y se desarrollen sanamente.
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Research Opportunities Concerning the Causes and Consequences of Child Food Insecurity and Hunger
Section 141 of The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 20101 provides funding for a research program on the causes and consequences of childhood hunger and food insecurity, and the characteristics of households with childhood hunger and food insecurity, with a particular focus on efforts to improve the knowledge base regarding contributing factors, geographic distribution, programmatic effectiveness, public health and medical costs, and consequences for child development, well-being, and educational attainment.
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Voluntary Standards for Sustainable Food Systems: Challenges and Opportunities
The sessions of the workshop considered voluntary standards from points of views in order to better understand and address the needs of the various stakeholders in order to facilitate the uptake and scaling up of voluntary standards for sustainable food systems. This approach is grounded on the idea that for voluntary standards to work for sustainability they have to work for all stakeholders.
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The Current State of Obesity Solutions in the United States:
Este libro analiza las diferentes estrategias implementadas en EEUU para combatir la obesidad.
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Guía de Prevención, Diagnóstico, Tratamiento y Vigilancia Epidemiológica del Botulismo del Lactante
El botulismo del lactante es una intoxicación poco frecuente, que requiere de un alto índice de sospecha para su correcto diagnóstico. Por ello, es de suma importancia la aplicación de programas que alerten al médico sobre su presencia, para poder aplicar controles efectivos y tratamientos oportunos.
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Prevención de la Enfermedades Cardiovasculares
Esta guía de bolsillo ofrece recomendaciones basadas en la evidencia sobre cómo reducir la incidencia de primeros y sucesivos episodios clínicos de cardiopatía coronaria, enfermedad cerebrovascular y vasculopatía periférica.
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Less Salt, Less Risk of Heart Disease and Stroke
Although our understanding of long-term effects of reducing dietary salt intake on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality can be improved by further studies, the currently available scientific evidence is strong enough to justify reducing sodium intake in the whole population through cost-effective public health approaches.
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Voluntary Guidelines for Managing Food Allergies In Schools and Early Care and Education Programs
The CDC guidelines seek to protect the physical and emotional health of students with food allergies by providing practical information and strategies for schools while reinforcing federal laws and regulations. The guidelines are intended to support the implementation of school food allergy management policies in schools and early childhood programs, and guide improvements to existing practices.
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Prioritizing areas for action in the field of population-based prevention of childhood obesity
The prevalence of overweight and obesity has increased substantially over the past three decades and is now considered as one of the most serious health challenges of the early 21st century. While the need for preventive action is increasingly recognised, policy implementation often occurs in a non-systematic, ad hoc manner.
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Manual de consulta rápida sobre la Enfermedad Renal Crónica
Con el propósito de poner al alcance de los equipos profesionales del primer nivel de atención un instrumento ágil para el abordaje integral de la Enfermedad Renal Crónica (ERC), el Programa de Abordaje Integral de la ERC (PAIERC) del INCUCAI ha elaborado el Manual de Consulta Rápida.
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The CDC Guide to Strategies to Support Breastfeeding Mothers and Babies
Strategies to Prevent Obesity and Other Chronic Diseases: The CDC Guide to Strategies to Support Breastfeeding Mothers and Babies is an update of the 2005 The CDC Guide to Breastfeeding Interventions. It provides state and local community members information to choose the breastfeeding intervention strategy that best meets their needs.
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