The prevalence of obesity in the paediatric population is on the increase and there is speculation that suboptimal breastfeeding patterns may be contributing to the present obesity epidemic. We described the prevalence and trends in underweight and overweight among 3 052 school aged children over a ten year period, and patterns of exclusive and any infant breastfeeding among 671 mothers over a 6 year period on Montserrat a small British colony which forms part of the chain of Caribbean islands, and experienced the eruption of the Soufriere Hills volcano in July 1995. / The results revealed for 11 year old children there was an excess risk of being overweight in the post volcanic period compared to the pre volcanic period (OR=2.1, 95% CI 1.5-2.7). / The rate of exclusive breastfeeding at 6 months of age was exceptionally low (3.4%) in relation to the international recommendations, but the prevalence of any breastfeeding at 4-6 months was relatively high 67.1%. Maternal age was the only significant variable associated with exclusive breastfeeding. / These findings highlight the need for promoting and prolonging exclusive breastfeeding and that overweight is increasing in the children on Montserrat.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 284-298). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

Esta dissertação dedica-se ao estudo comparado de dois romances espanhóis contemporâneos da segunda metade do século XX: El exilio interior e La veu melodiosa, respectivamente de Miguel Salabert e Montserrat Roig. Procura examinar semelhanças e diferenças existentes a partir de alguns traços comuns às duas obras, pois ambas têm um perfil de romance de formação cujo enredo concentra-se na relação tensa entre o herói e a sociedade espanhola dos anos da guerra civil e da ditadura franquista. / This dissertation is devoted to the comparative study of two contemporary Spanish novels of the second half of the twentieth century: El exilio interior and La veu melodiosa, by Miguel Salabert and Montserrat Roig respectively. It attempts to examine the similarities and differences from a few features the two works have in common, since both have a profile of novel of formation whose plot centers on the strained relationship between the hero and the Spanish society of the years of civil war and Franco\'s dictatorship.

Esta dissertação trata do livro de contos El canto de la juventud (1990), escrito por Montserrat Roig (1946-1991), e busca discutir os possíveis modos como a memória se configura ficcionalmente através da ótica feminina em torno à noção de biblioteca. Na obra delineia-se um passado que remonta ao período do pós-guerra civil espanhola, o que leva à reflexão sobre a conjuntura histórico-social relacionada com a contenda. São destacados aspectos biográficos de Montserrat Roig, bem como relativos à sua produção literária e não ficcional, marcada pela presença da língua catalã e da mulher, com vistas a embasar a leitura das narrativas que, em um primeiro momento, sinaliza para o processo composicional da lembrança e, posteriormente, aprofunda essa ideia. Esta análise está centrada nos contos El canto de la juventud, A salvo de la guerra y de las olas, Madre, no entiendo a los salmones e Antes que merezca el olvido, que propiciam o exame acerca do exercício rememorativo, configurado também pelo esquecimento e pela criação imaginativa do passado. / This dissertation on the short story book El canto de la juventud (1990) by Montserrat Roig (1946-1991) is aimed at discussing how memory is fictionally designed from a feminine perspective based on the notion of library. The past exhibited in the stories traces back to the post-Spanish Civil War years, which leads us to reflect on the circumstances of the conflict. In order to support our study of those narratives, we highlight some biographical aspects of Montserrat Roigs life and provide information on her literary and non-fictional works, imprinted by the Catalan language and the female presence. At first, we point out the compositional process of memories, which we further elaborate. Such analysis focuses on the short stories El canto de la juventud, A salvo de la guerra y de las olas, Madre, no entiendo a los salmones and Antes que merezca el olvido, once they allow us to examine the remembering exercise, also formed by oblivion and the imaginative recreation of the past.

Després d'esbossar la trajectòria del grup empresarial dels Ensesa (la farinera, la metal·lúrgica Batlle, Solés i Cia, el Garatge Callicó, Indústries Químiques Tartàriques, la ciutat-jardí de S'Agaró, Suberolita, etc), la recerca s'orienta especialment cap a l'estudi del sistema d'informació comptable de "La Montserrat", que posa en relleu les característiques econòmiques, financeres i patrimonials de l'empresa.Des del principi, les activitats empresarials dels Ensesa tenen dimensions catalanes, espanyoles i internacionals, que s'amplien i diversifiquen molt ràpidament durant el primer terç del segle XX, en especial amb "els Químics" i la zona residencial de S'Agaró, on conflueixen la burgesia de Girona, Barcelona i el turisme de luxe. La seva adscripció a la burgesia catalanista sembla ser precisament el motiu de l'expedient de Responsabilitats Polítiques que els varen incoar al 1939-1940, però, absolts, recuperen les propietats que els havien estat col·lectivitzades durant la guerra civil, fins que a principis dels anys vuitanta procedeixen a la liquidació i venda de les indústries del grup empresarial. / After outlining the trajectory of the enterprise group of Ensesa's family (the flour factory, the metallurgist Batlle, Solés & company, the Garatge Callicó, Indústries Químiques Tartàriques, the city-garden of S'Agaró, Suberolita,.), the research is specially oriented towards the analysis of the information accounting system of "La Montserrat", with the objective of revealing the economical, patrimonial and financial characteristics of the company.From its beginnings, the business activities of the Ensesa's family have Catalan, Spanish and international dimensions, that are extended and diversified very quickly during the first third of XX century, specially with "els Químics" and the residential zone of S'Agaró, where come together the bourgeoisie of Girona, Barcelona and the luxury tourism.Their allegiance to the Catalan bourgeoisie indeed seems to be the reason for the legal proceeding on Political Responsibilities initiated to them in 1939-1940, but, acquitted, they recovered the properties that have been collectivized during the civil war, till the beginning of the Eighties when they proceeded to the liquidation and sale of the group's enterprises.

Esta dissertação dedica-se ao estudo comparado de dois romances espanhóis contemporâneos da segunda metade do século XX: El exilio interior e La veu melodiosa, respectivamente de Miguel Salabert e Montserrat Roig. Procura examinar semelhanças e diferenças existentes a partir de alguns traços comuns às duas obras, pois ambas têm um perfil de romance de formação cujo enredo concentra-se na relação tensa entre o herói e a sociedade espanhola dos anos da guerra civil e da ditadura franquista. / This dissertation is devoted to the comparative study of two contemporary Spanish novels of the second half of the twentieth century: El exilio interior and La veu melodiosa, by Miguel Salabert and Montserrat Roig respectively. It attempts to examine the similarities and differences from a few features the two works have in common, since both have a profile of novel of formation whose plot centers on the strained relationship between the hero and the Spanish society of the years of civil war and Franco\'s dictatorship.

Esta dissertação trata do livro de contos El canto de la juventud (1990), escrito por Montserrat Roig (1946-1991), e busca discutir os possíveis modos como a memória se configura ficcionalmente através da ótica feminina em torno à noção de biblioteca. Na obra delineia-se um passado que remonta ao período do pós-guerra civil espanhola, o que leva à reflexão sobre a conjuntura histórico-social relacionada com a contenda. São destacados aspectos biográficos de Montserrat Roig, bem como relativos à sua produção literária e não ficcional, marcada pela presença da língua catalã e da mulher, com vistas a embasar a leitura das narrativas que, em um primeiro momento, sinaliza para o processo composicional da lembrança e, posteriormente, aprofunda essa ideia. Esta análise está centrada nos contos El canto de la juventud, A salvo de la guerra y de las olas, Madre, no entiendo a los salmones e Antes que merezca el olvido, que propiciam o exame acerca do exercício rememorativo, configurado também pelo esquecimento e pela criação imaginativa do passado. / This dissertation on the short story book El canto de la juventud (1990) by Montserrat Roig (1946-1991) is aimed at discussing how memory is fictionally designed from a feminine perspective based on the notion of library. The past exhibited in the stories traces back to the post-Spanish Civil War years, which leads us to reflect on the circumstances of the conflict. In order to support our study of those narratives, we highlight some biographical aspects of Montserrat Roigs life and provide information on her literary and non-fictional works, imprinted by the Catalan language and the female presence. At first, we point out the compositional process of memories, which we further elaborate. Such analysis focuses on the short stories El canto de la juventud, A salvo de la guerra y de las olas, Madre, no entiendo a los salmones and Antes que merezca el olvido, once they allow us to examine the remembering exercise, also formed by oblivion and the imaginative recreation of the past.