Hugo Amigo

TL;DR: Taking into account the UN Sustainable Development Goals, this study recommends that national governments develop targeted policy responses to Indigenous health, improving access to health services, and Indigenous data within national surveillance systems.

TL;DR: It is indicated that arsenic concentration in drinking water continues to be the principal contributing factor to exposure to inorganic arsenic in the Chilean population.

TL;DR: There is no doubt about the increasing trend in overweight and obesity among Latin American children, however, since there is no consensus as to diagnostic criteria for overweight and Obesity, the real prevalence is not known.

TL;DR: Eight hundred and fifty subjects aged 22 to 28 years, living in two cities in Valparaiso province, were studied to estimate their homeostasis model assessment scores (HOMA) and to evaluate the occurrence of metabolic syndrome.

TL;DR: Although there was an association between BMI and asthma symptoms, there were weaknesses in the evidence because waist circumference, a more direct measure of obesity than BMI, was not associated with asthma symptoms and BMI and waist circumference were negatively associated with BHR.