Socioeconomic and demographic transformations are occurring very rapidly in some areas
of the world, especially in South America, and are accompanied by changes in lifestyle …

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an alarming public health problem. The disease
is one of the main causes of chronic liver disease worldwide and is directly linked to the …

Longitudinal data indicate that our capacity for adaptive self-regulation is a relatively stable
predisposition that appears in childhood and predicts future life successes. In 2004, we …

Background The hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an emergent causative agent of acute hepatitis
worldwide, transmitted by fecal-oral route. In Argentina it is considered rare, so differential …

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES In Argentina, obesity prevalence rose from 14.6% in 2005 to
20.8% in 2013. Although the number of studies on noncommunicable diseases and dietary …

Background: Obesity was included in the International Classification of Diseases in 1990 as
a chronic disease characterized by the excessive accumulation of body fat and a body mass …

Objective: To assess the association of sociodemographic and environmental factors with
the obesity occurrence in Argentina from a sex-and age-comparative perspective and a …

Abstract Background Hepatitis A virus (HAV) has shown intermediate endemicity in
Argentina, but notification of clinical cases has decreased since the introduction of the …

Introduction Obesity is a chronic, heterogeneous, multifactorial disease, which has sharply
increased in prevalence in both developed and developing countries. This study aimed to …

Epidemiological and laboratory research has shown that dietary components are associated
with the risk of developing urinary tract tumors (UTT). The purpose of this case–control study …