SOCIEDAD LATINOAMERICANA DE NUTRICION

Dra Mercedes de Onis

Publicaciones

Libros

1. de Onis M. Epidemiología y morbilidad del Síndrome del Retardo del Crecimiento Intrauterino [Epidemiology and morbidity of the Intrauterine Growth Retardation Syndrome]. Doctoral Thesis. Madrid, Spain: Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 1989. (262 pp)

2. de Onis M, Villar J. La Mujer y la Salud en España [Women and Health in Spain]. Vol 1. Madrid: Ministerio de Asuntos Sociales, Instituto de la Mujer, 1992. (327 pp)

3. de Onis M, Villar J. La Mujer y la Salud en España [Women and Health in Spain]. Vol 2. Madrid: Ministerio de Asuntos Sociales, Instituto de la Mujer, 1992. (364 pp)

4. de Onis M, Villar J. La Mujer y la Salud en España [Women and Health in Spain]. Vol 3. Madrid: Ministerio de Asuntos Sociales, Instituto de la Mujer, 1992. (228 pp)

5. de Onis M, Villar J. La Mujer y la Salud en España [Women and Health in Spain]. Vol 4. Madrid: Ministerio de Asuntos Sociales, Instituto de la Mujer, 1992. (220 pp)

6. WHO Working Group on Infant Growth. An evaluation of infant growth. Geneva: World Health Organization, 1994. (83 pp) [Responsible Officer].

7. WHO. Physical status: the use and interpretation of anthropometry. Report of a WHO Expert Committee. Technical Report Series No. 854. Geneva: World Health Organization, 1995. (452 pp) (original version: English, translated to: French, Spanish, and Portuguese) [Responsible Officer]

8. de Onis M, Blössner M. WHO Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition. Doc WHO/NUT/97.4. Geneva: World Health Organization, 1997. (710 pp)

9. WHO. Management of severe malnutrition: a manual for physicians and other senior health workers. Geneva: World Health Organization, 1999. (60pp) (original version: English, translated to: French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, and several other languages) [Responsible Officer]

10. WHO. The management of nutrition in major emergencies. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2000. (236 pp) (original version: English, translated to: French and Spanish) [Contributor]

11. WHO. Training course on the management of severe malnutrition. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2002. (7 modules) (original version: English, translated into several languages) [Contributor]

Capítulos de Libros y Monografías

1. de Onis M, Launer L, Villar J. El trabajo materno y la salud reproductiva: producción y reproducción [Maternal work and reproductive health: production and reproduction]. In: Serrano C, ed. Mujer y Condiciones de Trabajo. Madrid: Instituto Nacional de Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo, 1990.

2. Belizán JM, de Onis M, Carrolli G, Villar J. Retardo del Crecimiento Intrauterino [Intrauterine Growth Retardation]. In: Perez A, ed. Obstetricia [Obstetrics]. Santiago de Chile, Chile: Publicaciones Técnicas Mediterráneo, 1990.
3. de Onis M. Indicadores de salud reproductiva en España, 1975-1988 [Reproductive health indicators in Spain, 1975-1988]. In: Instituto de la Mujer, ed. Las mujeres ante los cambios producidos en los Países del Este y la Unión Soviética. Madrid: Ministerio de Asuntos Sociales, Instituto de la Mujer, 1992; 155-182.

4. de Onis M. Revisando sobre el tema: crecimiento fetal y retardo del crecimiento intrauterino [Fetal growth and intrauterine growth retardation: a review]. In: Kestler E, Chávez H, eds. Estudio Perinatal de Guatemala [Guatemalan Perinatal Study]. Guatemala: Centro de Investigación Epidemiológica en Salud Reproductiva y Familiar, 1994;39-63.

5. de Onis M. Morbilidad del retardo del crecimiento intrauterino en Guatemala [Morbidity of intrauterine growth retardation in Guatemala]. In: Kestler E, Chávez H, eds. Estudio Perinatal de Guatemala [Guatemalan Perinatal Study]. Guatemala: Centro de Investigación Epidemiológica en Salud Reproductiva y Familiar, 1994;73-118.

6. de Onis M, Villar J, Kestler E. Trabajo y actividad física: efectos sobre la salud de la mujer y la del recién nacido [Work and physical activity: impact on the health of the mother and the newborn infant] . In: Kestler E, Chávez H, eds. Estudio Perinatal de Guatemala [Guatemalan Perinatal Study]. Guatemala: Centro de Investigación Epidemiológica en Salud Reproductiva y Familiar, 1994;133-151.

7. Belizán JM, de Onis M, Carroli G, Vasquez JC, Villar J. Retardo del crecimiento intrauterino [Intrauterine growth retardation]. In: Cifuentes R, ed. Obstetricia de alto riesgo [High risk obstetrics]. 4th Edition. Cali, Colombia: Aspromédica, 1994; 445-460.

8. de Onis M, Yip R, Habicht JP, Victora C. Criterios de clasificación y puntos de corte [Classification criteria and cutoff points]. In: López de Blanco M, Hernández Valera Y, Torún B, Fajardo L, eds. Taller sobre Evaluación Nutricional Antropométrica en América Latina. [Workshop on Anthropometric Nutritional Assessment in Latinamerica]. Caracas, Venezuela: Ediciones Cavendes, 1995; 67-89.

9. WHO. Field guide on rapid nutritional assessment in emergencies. Alexandria, Egypt: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, 1995 [Contributor].

10. Bailey K, de Onis M, Blössner M. Protein-energy malnutrition. In: Murray CJL, Lopez AD, eds. Malnutrition and the Burden of Disease: the global epidemiology of protein-energy malnutrition, anemias and vitamin deficiencies. Vol 8. The Global Burden of Disease and Injury Series. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998.

11. de Onis M, Clugston GA, Underwood B. Primary Malnutrition. In: Sadler MJ, Strain JJ, Caballero B, eds. Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition. London: Academic Press, 1998;1246-1254.

12. Garza C, de Onis M. The selection of reference data in the assessment of growth: the new World Health Organization reference. In: Johnston FE, Zemel B, Eveleth PB, eds. Human growth in context. London: Smith-Gordon,1999:85-94.

13. WHO. A critical link: Interventions for physical growth and psychological development. A review. Doc WHO/CHS/CAH/99.3. Geneva: World Health Organization, 1999 [M de Onis: Contributor].

14. de Onis M. Malnutrición proteico-calórica. In: Martínez A, Astiasarán I, Madrigal H, eds. Alimentación y Salud Pública. Madrid: McGraw-Hill Interamericana,2001;139-145.

15. de Onis M. Child growth and development. In: Semba RD, Bloem MW, eds. Nutrition and Health in Developing Countries. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, 2001;71-91.

16. de Onis M. Intrauterine growth retardation. In: Flores R, Gillespie S, eds. Health and Nutrition: Emerging and Reemerging Issues in Developing Countries. 2020 Focus 5. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute, 2001.

17. de Onis M, Victora CG, Garza C, Frongillo EA Jr, Cole TJ for the WHO Working Group on the Growth Reference Protocol. A new international growth reference for young children. In: Dasgupta P, Hauspie R, eds. Perspectives in Human Growth, Development and Maturation. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001;45-53.

18. WHO. The optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding. Report of an Expert Consultation. Doc WHO/NHD/01.09. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2001. [Responsible Officer]

19. de Onis M, Garza C, Victora CG. The WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study: Strategy for Developing a New International Growth Reference. In: Elmadfa I, Anklam E, König J, eds. Modern Aspects of Nutrition – Present Knowledge and Future Perspectives. Series Forum of Nutrition, Volume 56. Basel, Switzerland: Karger Publishers, 2002;238-240.

20. de Onis M, Blössner M. The WHO Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition: methodology and applications. In: Kolsteren P, Hoerée T, Perez-Cueto A, eds. Promoting Growth and Development of Under-fives. Antwerp, Belgium: ITGPress, 2002;44-57.

21. March of Dimes. Nutrition Today Matters Tomorrow. A report from The March of Dimes Task Force on Nutrition and Optimal Human Development. White Plains, NY: March of Dimes, 2002;0-154. (M de Onis: Task Force Member)

22. de Onis M. Development of body weight and height reference data in relation to the mode of infant feeding. In: Scherbaum V, Perl FM, Kretschmer U, eds. Breastfeeding: Nutrition in Early Childhood and Reproductive Health. Cologne: Deutscher Arzte-Verlag, 2003;222-228. [in German]

23. Fishman S, Caulfield LE, de Onis M, Blössner M, Hyder AA, Mullany L, Black RE. Childhood and maternal underweight. In: Ezzati M, Lopez AD, Rodgers A, Murray CJL, eds. Comparative quantification of health risks: global and regional burden of disease attributable to selected major risk factors. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2004.

24. Merialdi M, de Onis M. Low Birth Weight Infants: Causes, Prevalence and Prevention. Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition. 2nd Edition. Caballero B, Allen L, Prentice A, eds. Elsevier Science (In press)

25. Garza C, de Onis M. Growth. In: Baker S, Baker R, Davis AM, eds. Pediatric Nutrition Support Handbook. New York: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc; 2005 (In press)

Artículos

1. Diaz-Rubio M, de Onis M. Fibra vegetal y aparato digestivo [Plant fiber and digestive system]. Revista Española de Enfermedades del Aparato Digestivo (Spain) 1983;63:571-577.

2. Diaz-Rubio M, de Onis M, Enríquez L. Efecto del salvado no elaborado sobre el síndrome del colon irritable [Effect of unprocessed bran on the irritable colon syndrome]. Anales de Medicina Interna (Spain) 1984;1:17A.

3. de Onis M, Ruiz de León A, Diaz-Rubio M. Disturbios motores esofágicos en pacientes afectos de colon irritable [Motor disorders of the esophagus in patients with an irritable colon)]. Anales de Medicina Interna (Spain) 1984;1:283-285.

4. Diaz-Rubio M, de Onis M, Enríquez L, Estéban JM. Efecto del salvado de trigo sobre el síndrome del colon irritable [Effect of wheat bran on the irritable colon syndrome]. Anales de Medicina Interna (Spain) 1985;2:420-422.

5. Diaz-Rubio M, Ruiz de León A, Pulido Bordallo C, de Onis M. Trastorno motor esofágico en pacientes afectos del Síndrome del Aceite Tóxico [Motor disorder of the esophagus in patients affected by the Toxic Oil Syndrome]. Anales de Medicina Interna (Spain) 1986;3:53-57.

6. de Onis M. Perfil clínico de la adicción a la cocaina [Clinical profile of cocaine addiction]. Anales de Medicina Interna (Spain) 1987;4:613-619.

7. de Onis M, Villar J, Kestler E, Berendes H. Differential neonatal morbidity of term intrauterine growth retarded infants. Pediatric Research 1989;25:250A.

8. Launer L, Villar J, Kestler E, de Onis M. The effect of maternal work during pregnancy on fetal growth and duration of pregnancy. Pediatric Research 1989;25:102A.

9. Launer LJ, Villar J, Kestler E, de Onis M. The effect of maternal work on fetal growth and duration of pregnancy: a prospective study. British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 1990;97:62-70.

10. Villar J, de Onis M, Kestler E, Bolaños F, Cerezo R, Berendes H. The differential neonatal morbidity of the intrauterine growth retardation syndrome. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1990;163: 151-157.

11. de Onis M, Villar J. La consommation de tabac chez la femme espagnole [Tobacco use in Spanish women]. World Health Statistics Quartely 1991;44:80-88.

12. de Onis M, Monteiro C, Akré J, Clugston G. The worldwide magnitude of protein-energy malnutrition: an overview from the WHO Global Database on Child Growth. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 1993; 71:703-712.

13. Chang Ying, Zhai Fengying, Li Wenjun, Ge Keyou, Jin Daxun, de Onis M. Nutritional status of preschool children in poor rural areas of China. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 1994;72:105-112 (also appeared in Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1994;3:55-60).

14. Gorstein J, Sullivan K, Yip R, de Onis M, Trowbridge F, Fajans P, Clugston G. Issues in the assessment of nutritional status using anthropometry. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 1994;72:273-283

15. WHO Working Group on Infant Growth (M de Onis: Study Coordinator). An evaluation of infant growth: the use and interpretation of anthropometry in infants. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 1995;73:165-174.

16. Dewey KG, Peerson JM, Brown KH, Krebs NF, Michaelsen KF, Persson LA, Salmenpera L, Whitehead RG, Yeung DL and the WHO Working Group on Infant Growth (M de Onis: member Working Group). Growth of breastfed infants deviates from current reference data: a pooled analysis of US, Canadian and European datasets. Pediatrics 1995;96:495-503.

17. WHO. Maternal Anthropometry and Pregnancy Outcomes.- A WHO Collaborative Study (M de Onis: Study Coordinator). Bulletin of the World Health Organization 1995; 73 (Suppl.):1-98.

18. Frongillo EA Jr, de Onis M, Hanson KMP. Socioeconomic and demographic determinants of worldwide patterns of stunting and wasting. FASEB Journal 1995;9:914A.

19. de Onis M. El rol e interpretación de la antropometría para evaluar el estado nutricional: Reporte de un Comité de Expertos de la OMS [The use and interpretation of anthropometry in the assessment of nutritional status: Report of a WHO Expert Committee]. Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición 1995;45:27S-34S.

20. Frongillo EA Jr, de Onis M, Hanson KMP. Determinants of worldwide patterns of child malnutrition, morbidity, and mortality. FASEB Journal 1996;10:289A.

21. Kelly A, Kevany J, de Onis M, Shah PM. A WHO Collaborative Study of Maternal Anthropometry and Pregnancy Outcomes. International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics 1996;53:219-233.

22. de Onis M, Yip R. The WHO Growth Chart: historical considerations and current scientific issues. Bibliotheca Nutritio et Dieta 1996;53:74-89.

23. de Onis M, Clugston G. The Worlds children after the International Conference on Nutrition. Malaysian Journal of Child Health 1996;8 (Suppl 1):106.

24. de Onis M. Promoting growth and preventing sickness: the need for a new international growth reference. Malaysian Journal of Child Health 1996;8 (Suppl 1):108-109.

25. de Onis M, Habicht JP. Anthropometric reference data for international use: recommendations from a World Health Organization Expert Committee. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1996;64:650-658.

26. de Onis M, Yip R, Mei Z. The development of MUAC-for-age reference data recommended by a WHO Expert Committee. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 1997;75:11-18.

27. Gülmezoglu M, de Onis M, Villar J. Effectiveness of interventions to prevent or treat impaired fetal growth. Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey 1997;52:139-149.

28. Frongillo EA Jr, de Onis M, Garza C, and the World Health Organization Task Force on Methods for the Natural Regulation of Fertility. Effects of timing of complementary foods on post-natal growth. FASEB Journal 1997;11:A574.

29. Mei Z, Grummer-Strawn LM, de Onis M, Yip R. Development of a mid-upper-arm circumference-for-height reference, including a comparison to other nutritional status screening indicators. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 1997;75:333-341 (also appeared in Spanish in Pan American Journal of Public Health 1998;4:187-195).

30. Frongillo EA Jr, de Onis M, Hanson KMP. Socioeconomic and demographic factors are associated with worldwide patterns of stunting and wasting of children. Journal of Nutrition 1997;127:2302-2309.

31. de Onis M, Garza C, Habicht JP. Time for a new growth reference. Pediatrics 1997; 100(5):E8.

32. Victora CG, Gigante DP, Barros AJD, Monteiro CA, de Onis M. Estimativa da prevalência de déficit de altura/idade a partir da prevalência de déficit de peso/idade em criancas brasileiras [Estimating the prevalence of height-for-age deficits based on the prevalence of weight-for-age deficits among Brazilian children]. Revista de Saúde Pública 1998;32:321-327.

33. Victora CG, Morris SS, Barros FC, de Onis M, Yip R. The NCHS reference and the growth of breast- and bottle-fed infants. Journal of Nutrition 1998;128:1134-1138.

34. de Onis M, Blössner M, Villar J. Levels and patterns of intrauterine growth retardation in developing countries. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1998; 52 (Suppl 1):S5-S15.

35. de Onis M, Villar J, Gülmezoglu M. Nutritional interventions to prevent intrauterine growth retardation: evidence from randomized controlled trials. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1998;52 (Suppl 1):S83-S93.

36. Bakketeig LS, Butte N, de Onis M, Kramer M, ODonnell A, Prada JA, Hoffman HJ. Report of the IDECG Working Group on definitions, classifications, causes, mechanisms and prevention of IUGR. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1998;52 (Suppl 1):S94-S96.

37. Villar J, Gülmezoglu M, de Onis M. Nutritional and antimicrobial interventions to prevent preterm birth: an overview of randomized controlled trials. Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey 1998;53:575-585.

38. Kulier R, de Onis M, Gülmezoglu M, Villar J. Nutritional interventions for the prevention of maternal morbidity. International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics 1998;63:231-246.

39. de Onis M, Blössner M. Nutrition and child health: an overview from the WHO Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition. Scandinavian Journal of Nutrition 1998;42:136-139.

40. Frongillo EA Jr, de Onis M, Blössner M, Hanson KMP, Cavanaugh MG. Factors associated with nation’s progress in reducing child malnutrition. FASEB Journal 1999;13:A543.

41. Garza C, de Onis M. A new international growth reference for young children. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1999;70(1 Part 2):169S-172S.

42. WHO Working Group on the Growth Reference Protocol and the WHO Task Force on Methods for the Natural Regulation of Fertility (M de Onis: Study Coordinator). Growth patterns of breastfed infants in seven countries. Acta Paediatrica 2000;89: 215-222.

43. de Onis M, Blössner M. Overweight prevalence and trends among preschool children in developing countries. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2000;72:1032-1039.

44. de Onis M. Measuring nutritional status in relation to mortality. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2000;78:1271-1274 (also appeared in Spanish in Boletín de la Organización Mundial de la Salud 2001;4:120-123).

45. de Onis M, Frongillo EA Jr, Blössner M. Is malnutrition declining? An analysis of changes in levels of child malnutrition since 1980. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2000;78:1222-1233 (also appeared in Spanish in Boletín de la Organización Mundial de la Salud 2001;4:100-110 and in French in Bulletin de l’Organisation Mondiale de la Santé 2001;4:111-121).

46. Shrimpton R, Victora CG, de Onis M, Costa Lima R, Blössner M, Clugston G. Worldwide timing of growth faltering: implications for nutritional interventions. Pediatrics 2001;107(5):E75.

47. de Onis M, Dasgupta P, Saha S, Sengupta D, Blössner M. The National Center for Health Statistics reference and the growth of Indian adolescent boys. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2001;74:248-253.

48. Betrán AP, de Onis M, Lauer JA, Villar J. An ecologic study of the effects of breast-feeding on infant mortality in Latin America. British Medical Journal 2001;323: 303-306.

49. Blössner M, de Onis M, Morris R. Forecast of trends in child malnutrition. Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism 2001;45(Suppl 1):298 [abstract]

50. de Onis M, Garza C. The WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study: strategy for developing a new international growth reference. Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism 2001;45(Suppl 1):445 [abstract]

51. Onyango AW, de Onis M. The new NCHS reference and the growth of breast-fed infants. Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism 2001;45(Suppl 1):446 [abstract]

52. Wijnhoven TMA, de Onis M. A world wide survey of child growth monitoring practices. Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism 2001;45(Suppl 1):579 [abstract]

53. de Onis M, Blössner M. Global prevalence and trends of overweight among preschool children. Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism 2001;45(Suppl 1):580 [abstract]

54. de Onis M. Medición del estado nutricional en relación con la mortalidad. Boletín Médico del Hospital Infantil de México 2002;59:70-75.

55. Bhandari N, Bahl R, Taneja S, de Onis M, Bhan MK. Growth performance of affluent Indian children is similar to that in developed countries. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2002;80:189-195 (also appeared in French in Bulletin de l’Organisation Mondiale de la Santé 2002;7:14-20).

56. Fernandez ID, Himes JH, de Onis M. Prevalence of nutritional wasting in populations: building explanatory models using secondary data. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2002;80:282-291.

57. WHO Working Group on the Growth Reference Protocol and the WHO Task Force on Methods for the Natural Regulation of Fertility (M de Onis: Study Coordinator). Growth of healthy infants and the timing, type, and frequency of complementary foods. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2002;76:620-627.

58. Ezzati M, Lopez AD, Rodgers A, Hoorn SV, Murray CJL, and the Comparative Risk Assessement Collaborating Group (M de Onis: Member Comparative Risk Assessment Collaborating Group). Selected major risk factors and global and regional burden of disease. Lancet 2002;360:1347-1360.

59. de Onis M. The optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding: RHL commentary (last revised:11 November 2002). WHO Reproductive Health Library, No 6, Geneva, World Health Organization, 2003 (WHO/RHR/03.5).

60. Villar J, Merialdi M, Gülmezoglu AM, Abalos E, Carroli G, Kulier R, de Onis M. Nutritional interventions during pregnancy for the prevention or treatment of maternal morbidity and preterm delivery: an overview of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Nutrition 2003;133:1606S-1625S.

61. Merialdi M, Carroli G, Villar J, Abalos E, Gülmezoglu AM, Kulier R, de Onis M. Nutritional interventions during pregnancy for the prevention or treatment of impaired fetal growth: an overview of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Nutrition 2003;133:1626S-1631S.

62. Villar J, Merialdi M, Gülmezoglu AM, Abalos E, Carroli G, Kulier R, de Onis M. Characteristics of randomized controlled trials included in systematic reviews of nutritional interventions reporting maternal morbidity, mortality, preterm delivery, intrauterine growth restriction and small-for-gestational-age and birth weight outcomes. Journal of Nutrition 2003;133:1632S-1639S.

63. de Onis M, Onyango AW. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000 growth charts and the growth of breastfed infants. Acta Paediatrica 2003;92:413-419.

64. de Onis M. Socioeconomic inequalities and child growth. Commentary. International Journal of Epidemiology 2003;32:503-505.

65. de Onis M, Blössner M. The World Health Organization Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition: methodology and applications. International Journal of Epidemiology 2003;32:518-526.

66. Ezzati M, Hoorn SV, Rodgers A, Lopez AD, Mathers CD, Murray CJL, and the Comparative Risk Assessement Collaborating Group (M de Onis: Member Comparative Risk Assessment Collaborating Group). Estimates of global and regional potential health gains from reducing multiple major risk factors. Lancet 2003;362:271-280.

67. de Onis M, Garza C, Victora CG, Bhan MK, Norum KR, eds. WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study (MGRS): Rationale, Planning and Implementation. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 2004;25 (Suppl 1):S1-S89.

68. Garza C, de Onis M, for the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study Group. Rationale for developing a new international growth reference. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 2004;25 (Suppl 1):S5-S14.

69. de Onis M, Garza C, Victora CG, Onyango AW, Frongillo EA, Martines J, for the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study Group. The WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study: planning, study design and methodology. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 2004;25 (Suppl 1):S15-S26.

70. de Onis M, Onyango AW, Van den Broeck J, Cameron WC, Martorell R, for the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study Group. Measurement and standardization protocols for anthropometry used in the construction of a new international growth reference. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 2004;25 (Suppl 1):S27-S36.

71. Wijnhoven TMA, de Onis M, Onyango AW, Wang T, Bjoerneboe GE, Bhandari N, Lartey A, Al Rashidi B, for the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study Group. Assesment of motor development in the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 2004;25 (Suppl 1):S37-S45.

72. Onyango AW, Pinol AJ, de Onis M, for the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study Group. Managing data for a multi-country longitudinal study: experience from the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 2004;25 (Suppl 1):S46-S52.

73. Araujo CL, Albernaz E, Tomasi E, Victora CG, for the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study Group. Implementation of the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study in Brazil. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 2004;25 (Suppl 1):S53-S59. [M de Onis: Study Coordinator]

74. Lartey A, Owusu WB, Sagoe-Moses I, Gomez V, Sagoe-Moses C, for the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study Group. Implementation of the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study in Ghana. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 2004;25 (Suppl 1):S60-S65. [M de Onis: Study Coordinator]

75. Bhandari N, Taneja S, Rongsen T, Chetia J, Sharma P, Bahl R, Kashyap DK, Bhan MK, for the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study Group. Implementation of the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study in India. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 2004;25 (Suppl 1):S66-S71. [M de Onis: Study Coordinator]

76. Baerug A, Bjoerneboe GE Aa, Tufte E, Norum KR, for the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study Group. Implementation of the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study in Norway. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 2004;25 (Suppl 1):S72-S77. [M de Onis: Study Coordinator]

77. Prakash NS, Mabry RM, Mohamed AJ, Alasfoor D, for the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study Group. Implementation of the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study in Oman. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 2004;25 (Suppl 1):S78-S83. [M de Onis: Study Coordinator]

78. Dewey K, Cohen RJ, Nommsen-Rivers LA, Heinig MJ, for the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study Group. Implementation of the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study in USA. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 2004;25 (Suppl 1):S84-S89. [M de Onis: Study Coordinator]

79. de Onis M, Victora CG. Growth charts for breastfed babies. Jornal de Pediatria (Brazil) 2004;80;85-87.

80. de Onis M, Wijnhoven TMA, Onyango AW. Worldwide practices in child growth monitoring. Journal of Pediatrics 2004;144;461-465.

81. de Onis M, Blössner M, Borghi E, Frongillo EA, Morris R. Estimates of global prevalence of childhood underweight in 1990 and 2015. Journal of the American Medical Association 2004;291:2600-2606.

82. Caulfield LE, de Onis M, Blössner M, Black RE. Undernutrition as an underlying cause of child deaths associated with diarrhea, pneumonia, malaria and measles. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2004;80:193-198.

83. Lauer JA, Betrán AP, Victora CG, de Onis M, Barros AJD. Breastfeeding patterns and exposure to suboptimal breastfeeding among children in developing countries: review and analysis of nationally representative surveys. BMC Medicine 2004,2:26.

84. Owusu WB, Lartey A, de Onis M, Onyango AW, Frongillo EA Jr. Factors associated with unconstrained growth among affluent Ghanaian children. Acta Paediatrica 2004;93:1115-1119.

85. de Onis M. The use of anthropometry in the prevention of childhood overweight. The International Journal of Obesity and related Metabolic Disorders 2004;28:000-000. (In press)

86. Mohamed AJ, Onyango AW, de Onis M, Prakash N, Mabry RM, Alasfoor DH. Socioeconomic predictors of unconstrained child growth in Muscat, Oman. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. (In press)

87. de Onis M, Blössner M, Borghi E, Morris R, Frongillo EA. Methodology for estimating regional and global trends of childhood malnutrition. International Journal of Epidemiology 2004. (In press)

88. Brito GNO, de Onis M. Growth status, behavior and neuropsychological performance: a study of Brazilian school age children. Arquives Neuropsychiatry (São Paulo) 2004. (In press)

Manuscritos en revisión

Borghi E, de Onis M, Garza C, Van den Broeck J, Frongillo EA, Grummer-Strawn L, Van Buuren S, Pan H, Molinari L, Martorell R, Onyango AW, Martines JC, for the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study Group. Construction of the World Health Organization child growth standards: selection of methods for attained growth curves. Statistics in Medicine. (In submission)

Sguassero Y, de Onis M, Carroli G. Interventions to prevent or treat impaired physical growth during early childhood: an overview of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Nutrition. (In submission)

Sguassero Y, de Onis M, Carroli G. Effect of community-based supplementary feeding programs in young children: a systematic review of randomized clinical trials. Protocol Cochrane Review. (In submission)

Proyectos de investigacion a largo plazo

§ Title: The WHO Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition; Description: A nutritional surveillance system that compiles, standardizes, and disseminates results of nutritional surveys performed worldwide. Specific objectives of the database are to assess the prevalence and secular trends in stunting, underweight, wasting and overweight of preschool children, and enable international comparisons of nutritional data. Detailed description of the database can be found at the database’s web site: http://www.who.int/nutgrowthdb; Role: Principal Investigator (1989-ongoing).

§ Title: The WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study (MGRS); Description: A community-based, multi-country project to develop new international growth standards to assess the growth and development of healthy, breastfed infants and children up to five years of age. The pooled sample from the 6 participating countries (Brazil, India, Ghana, Norway, Oman, USA) is about 8500 children. The new anthropometric tools developed through this project will provide more accurate estimates of malnutrition and allow for the early identification of children in the process of becoming malnourished. These tools will also be applicable to the detection of early childhood obesity and will be linked to references for motor development milestones. The goal is for most of the 99 countries presently using the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)/World Health Organization (WHO) growth reference to adopt the new standards, or to have initiated the transition to the new standards, by 2010. Role: Study Coordinator (1990-2010).