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"Thanks to these diets, North Korean soldiers are said to be several inches shorter than their South Korean counterparts" Diet early in life has the determinat
by brixon 11y ago
"Thanks to these diets, North Korean soldiers are said to be several inches shorter than their South Korean counterparts"
Diet early in life has the determination if you are going to have a stunted growth. By the time you finish high school you are about as tall as you are going to be.
- spikels 11y agoYou can also get stunted growth if your mother is malnourished during pregnancy or even before. In fact, it can take several generations for the effects malnourishment to be eliminated.
- Spooky23 11y agoMy grandparents and granduncles were all Irish farmers who immigrated after WW2. None were over 5'9. From photographs, it appears that their parents were noticeably shorter. None of the males of my generation is under 6', and most are > 6'2". None of the females are shorter than 5'8" or so.