Data from the national collaboration of researchers at NCD RisC published in 2020 in the Lancet, [https://www.ncdrisc.org/height-mean-ranking.html](https://www.ncdrisc.org/height-mean-ranking.html)
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stalinspetmongoose on
Introduction of more beef and milk into Chinese diets?
Nomad-2020 on
Thanks for making it in centimeters!
snakesnake9 on
I wonder how this chart correlates with more protein in diets. I suspect rather well.
Ynwe on
So in the next decade Chinese 19 year olds are going to be as tall or even taller than American 19 year olds?
ShadowBannedAugustus on
So relatively I am getting shorter and shorter with each year.
Soon I will not even be an average Dutch-guy height. How is this fair 😀
IntronD on
Netherlands even the girls are tall.
UK in 511 Netherlands friends all 62 And above even the girls !
Absolutefury on
This is probably being short kings getting no love and not reproducing as much.
Loki-L on
One of the primary components affecting adult height is early childhood nutrition.
If a young child gets enough and the right sort of food early on they will grow up to be taller.
It is in part one of those epigenetic things. Human bodies have a Plan B in case they are born in a time and place where resources are rare. Downsize the body a bit and economize the brain and the resulting adult will require fewer resources and have a better chance of passing on their genes.
Of course those are population wide averages and individuals may go against the grain. Underlying genetics also have their say.
If you look in rich first world countries at immigrant families from bad places you can often see how grandparents are dwarfed by their children and grandchildren.
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Data from the national collaboration of researchers at NCD RisC published in 2020 in the Lancet, [https://www.ncdrisc.org/height-mean-ranking.html](https://www.ncdrisc.org/height-mean-ranking.html)
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Introduction of more beef and milk into Chinese diets?
Thanks for making it in centimeters!
I wonder how this chart correlates with more protein in diets. I suspect rather well.
So in the next decade Chinese 19 year olds are going to be as tall or even taller than American 19 year olds?
So relatively I am getting shorter and shorter with each year.
Soon I will not even be an average Dutch-guy height. How is this fair 😀
Netherlands even the girls are tall.
UK in 511 Netherlands friends all 62 And above even the girls !
This is probably being short kings getting no love and not reproducing as much.
One of the primary components affecting adult height is early childhood nutrition.
If a young child gets enough and the right sort of food early on they will grow up to be taller.
It is in part one of those epigenetic things. Human bodies have a Plan B in case they are born in a time and place where resources are rare. Downsize the body a bit and economize the brain and the resulting adult will require fewer resources and have a better chance of passing on their genes.
Of course those are population wide averages and individuals may go against the grain. Underlying genetics also have their say.
If you look in rich first world countries at immigrant families from bad places you can often see how grandparents are dwarfed by their children and grandchildren.