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This paper examines the features of climate resources and nutrition of the population of the northern territories. An analysis of the actual specific volume of food consumption and its nutritional composition was carried out in the climatically contrasting northern territories of Siberia: the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), and Yamalo-Nenets and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrugs. A positive dynamics of the specific consumption of the main group of products from 2006 to 2022 was revealed, but with noticeable differences in growth in meat and milk products, fish, sugar and confectionery. A comparison of consumed food substances with the standards recommended by the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences for residents of the North was made; a significant deficiency of proteins and fats in the diet for 2006 was determined, but by 2022 there had occurred a decrease in the deficit protein in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug by half, and in fat by a factor of 4,8. Furtehrmore, it was established that protein (42,3%) and fat (29,6%) deficiency remained in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), which is associated with the regulatory zoning of the food basket when calculating the subsistence minimum in 2000 when the norms were equated in the southern half of the Republic (territory of the Far North) and in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug (equated to the Far North of the territory). The result showed the largest deviations of indicators of population well-being in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) from the average values in the Russian Federation. The need to amend the severity of the climate in the specific norms of food consumption recommended by the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation to a level that meets modern requirements for healthy food in cold conditions is shown. The increase in the sickness rate of the population of the northern territories can be partially reduced by balancing the composition of food.