Nutritional transition in schoolchildren from Tucumán, Argentina: A cross-sectional analysis of nutritional status and body composition.

Published in: American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council (2019)

The child population from Tucumán is undergoing an accelerated process of nutritional transition, manifested by the double burden of malnutrition. The distribution of stunting, wasting, and obesity, and changes in fat and muscular tissues were not homogeneous, revealing differences according to sex, area of residence, and SES.

Keyphrases

body composition
resistance training
bone mineral density
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue
weight loss
type diabetes
mental health
gene expression
high fat diet induced
risk factors
body mass index