Background: Imbalanced diets have contributed to the increased prevalence of obesity and
other metabolic disorders in the modern world including trace element metabolism …

Obesity enhances the risk of type-2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and inflammatory
conditions and often leads to metal dyshomeostasis, which contributes to the negative …

La deficiencia de hierro y de zinc son las carencia nutricionales más prevalente a nivel
mundial. En Chile, sólo las mujeres en edad fértil y embarazadas presentan prevalencias …

Background: The zinc transporter Zip7 modulates zinc flux and controls cell signaling
molecules associated with glucose metabolism in skeletal muscle. The present study …

Zinc (Zn) participates as a cofactor for many enzymes in the cellular metabolism, and its
serum levels have been associated with different metabolic diseases, especially obesity …

We previously reported that pregnant women whose plasma Zn concentrations were below
the 50th percentile tended to have high pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2) values. We therefore …

Metabolic syndrome is a group of disorders involving obesity, insulin resistance,
dyslipidemia and hypertension. Obesity is the most crucial risk factor of metabolic syndrome …

The goals of bariatric operations include maximizing weight loss and maintaining or
achieving nutritional health while preventing micronutrient deficiencies and lean body mass …

The variability of breast-milk zinc concentration is high among breastfeeding women, and it
is known to be independent of dietary zinc intake. As a result, transient neonatal zinc …

During the last two decades Zinc (Zn) as a micronutrient is being used indiscriminately in
agricultural and husbandry practices and also in baby foods and multivitamin supplements …