Open AccessMeasurement of dietary sodium intake in a group of children from one to 18 months of age in a pediatric service in Cali, Colombia
Author(s) -
Adela Herrera,
Kelly Bolaños,
Javier Torres,
Beatriz Gracia
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
biomédica/biomedica
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.26
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2590-7379
pISSN - 0120-4157
DOI - 10.7705/biomedica.v36i4.3187
Subject(s) - medicine , humanities , gynecology , philosophy
The fatty streaks in an arterial wall can appear from the third year of age, and they show an association with atherogenic risk factors such as hypertension and sodium in the diet. Given the difficulty of data gathering, few studies report the intake of sodium in the diet.