Víctor Alfonso

• Autonomous University of Bucaramanga

One in four children younger than age five in Guatemala experiences anaemia (haemoglobin <11.0 g/dl). This study characterized the factors and micronutrient deficiencies associated with anaemia in a baseline cross-sectional sample of 182 Guatemalan infants/toddlers and 207 preschoolers, using generalized linear mixed models. Associations between an...

Objectives: Anemia is a major public health problem among young children. In addition to iron deficiency, other micronutrient deficiencies have been associated with anemia. The purpose of this study was to identify biomarkers associated with anemia in children <5 years from rural Guatemala. Methods: A total of 182 infants (6-24 m) and 207 presch...

The research was carried in farm La Estrella, Colina Municipality, Falcon state, with the objective of evaluating three irrigation moments in the crop of Aloe vera L. A striped design was used with 4 treatments and 4 replicates: T0 (without irrigation), T1 (irrigation 8 am), T2 (irrigation 3 pm) and T3 (irrigation 8 pm). The variables length, thick...

The main objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of a community‐based nutrition intervention using a fortified corn and soy premix on the reduction of anemia and improvement in hemoglobin concentrations in 6 to 76 month old children that live in Santa Cruz Muluá, a rural community in Retalhuleu, Guatemala. The children were provided a da...

Feeding pattern and dietary diversity was evaluated in 339 stunted children (HAZ < ‐1) 6‐36 mo of age from Retalhuleu using a food frequency questionnaire (Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance protocol). Dietary assessment was utilized to determine the frequency of food consumption for 7 consecutive days and was considered adequate if the food w...

As part of a feeding study undertaken in Retalhuleu, 6 HIV positive and 41 HIV exposed children 6‐72 mo of age attending a Nutritional Attention Unit in Coatepeque were nutritionally evaluated. Anthropometric and biomarker data were collected to calculate the prevalence of acute and chronic malnutrition, muscle mass depletion, chronic inflammation,...

A community‐based feeding study was undertaken in Retalhuleu among 939 malnourished 6‐72 mo old children (HAZ <‐1). Children resided in 18 villages in an impoverished region of southwest Guatemala. Children were randomly assigned to two groups to compare effects of two nutritional interventions on growth and micronutrient status. Group A (n=667) ch...

An anthropometric assessment was conducted on 1238 children (age 6 mo–7 yr) from 18 rural communities in Retalhuleu, Guatemala. The anthropometry scan included collection of weight, height or recumbent length, mid‐arm circumference, age and gender. The data was processed using WHO Anthro, WHO Anthro Plus and Epi Info. 907 children (73.21%) had a he...