The 'tall' And Short Of It....

Now here’s another new dimension for the worried Indian parents to worry some more.

Perhaps , the NRI parents need not worry so much. But as per results of National Family Health Survey 2015-16 and 2005-06, Indian men , on average are shorter by 1 cm. However, Indian women remained the same.

This may imply that Indian children may no longer outgrow their parents.

Also , guess what here again, China takes the lead!! When and where do they stop !

In 1896 Indian men(162 cm) were a cm taller than their chinese (161cm) counterparts. However, a century later the average Indian Man’s height could grow only to 165 cm, whereas the Chinese , hold your breath are at 171.8 cm.!!!

They must be doing something right .

I have been incessantly worrying about my daughter’s height , these past few weeks and this does give the worry more ammunition !

FUN FACT : SOUTH KOREAN WOMEN and IRANIAN men have gained the most ,in terms of average height in the century from 1896 to 1996, 20.2 cm and 16.5 cm taller respectively




Indian children may no longer outgrow parents

 

Hey, so do the Chinese men do more work around the household?
Also, With the Indian women doing so much housework, hasn't really contributed much to increase in their average heights ;(

Thanks dear! Yup, she does a bit ... hope it helps

Thanks for the response!

 

5. The average height or tallness of the citizen of a Nation is largely depended on geographical conditions and ethnicity. Hybrid versions excluded!

Sir, but this is what is proving to be not the case with China!
Heredity seems to be playing a small role in the height , with mother and child nutrition, environmental factors, physical activity ...contributing to the height !

Quoting form the article below :
"Genes contribute to only a small portion of adult height, while environmental factors including mother’s health, infant and child nutrition, sanitation and environmental pollution explain the bulk of the difference in growth in height between groups, research has shown. "

The above may not be a completely scientific statement, but the results over the years coupled with the China factor, does show that there might have been some deficiencies in the approach being followed in our nation.


"Some more data must be available for better correlation than viewing the statistics in isolation of possibly all other other factors. "

The above statement i completely agree with. The content was just posted with the intention to think about it a bit.

 

That is an interesting rambling!!
will have to dig up more sometime

So this degeneration in the 'height ' context seems tested!

R there any other de-generational contexts also , yug wise