Efficacy and safety of subcutaneous immunotherapy with a mixture of glutaraldehyde-modified extracts of and .

Background: Allergen Immunotherapy (AIT) is an effective treatment of allergic respiratory diseases induced by the inhalation of house dust mite allergens.

Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of glutaraldehyde polymerized allergen extracts using a mixture of and in mite allergic individuals residing in Colombia.

Methods: Two hundred and fifty (250) patients with allergic rhinoconjunctivitis with, or without asthma and sensitized to and were included.

Validation of an instrument to assess food diversity in women of childbearing age in Medellín, Colombia.

Objective: To validate a Food Diversity Questionnaire (CDA, for its name in Spanish) that identifies the prevalence of the risk of deficiency in the intake of eleven micronutrients.

Design: The CDA paper form, an online application for data entry and handling, was designed and compared with the 24-h recall (24HR) as a reference method. All data were processed in Personal Computer Software for Intake Distribution Estimation (PC-SIDE) v1 software.

[Consumption of sugary drinks and sugar added to beverages and their relation ship with nutritional status in young people of Medellin (Colombia)].

Introduction: Worldwide, there is a high prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and young people, the etiology is multicausal and influences environmental, cultural and eating habits factors such as the consumption of sugary drinks and added sugar that promote excess weight and risk of chronic diseases. Objective: To identify the relationship between the amount ingested of sugary drinks (BA) and added sugar (AA) with the nutritional status of young people. Methods: Cross sectional study, carried out in 596 individuals, between 10 and 18 years, the evaluation of dietary intake was made through Reminder 24 hours (R24H), for each of the individuals was considered the Best Linear Predictor Insleegue (MPLI) of energy,% AMDR of the total CHOS (acceptable range of distribution of macronutrients) and of the simple CHOS; the nutritional status was classified according to Z score of the body mass index (BMI) and percentage of body fat (% GC).