Los estudios de crecimiento infantil en México

Abstract

In this paper a revision of growth a nutritional status studies in Mexico is done. It is assumed that growth reflects the conditions and quality of life in which physical development takes place. Poverty impacts negatively bio-pshyco-social conditions, vulnerating the genetic potential of the human species and its sustainability. This circles process reproduces and perpetuates poverly. Hence, growth here is seen as a human arena for sustained development.