Nutrition transition and the impact on growth and body composition in northwestern Argentina (NOA)

Argentina through the nutrition transition (TN),affec ting virtually all populations in the world, with particular characteristics and heterogeneity within provinces and regions. Changes in diet, with lifestyles are traversed by socioeconomic conditions changing ofeconomic crisis experienced by the country in recentdecades. The region of northwestern Argentina (NOA)in particular has the lowest human development indicators that articulate with an increasingly growingtrend towards obesity, particularly in the poorest strataof society, in addition to food strategies play chords tothe family budget other factors, cultural, related to thepoorer perceived fatness as a sign of prosperity.