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>The most extreme examples are in Japan, where mean height has increased 5.5 inches in the last 50 years, If you want to stay small, do what the japanese did p
by 1ris 11y ago
>The most extreme examples are in Japan, where mean height has increased 5.5 inches in the last 50 years,
If you want to stay small, do what the japanese did pre-war, that made them so small: Sit on your soles.
>“If you were that small,” he says, “you’d be eaten by cats!”
Here is a picture from 1956 of Henry Behrens, the smallest man in the world at the time, dancing with his cat. He was 75 cm, 50% lager than the envisioned 50cms.
https://kittybloger.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/26th-october-1956-henry-behrens-the-smallest-man-in-the-world-dances-with-his-pet-cat-in-the-door.jpg https://kittybloger.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/26th-october...
- DrScump 11y agoSeriously? I assumed it was a nutrition issue, especially sheer number of calories.
- 1ris 11y agoIt mostly is. But sitting on your soles does change the proportion of your feet. I (and I think most other people) can't do that because my lower leg is too long.
- jacalata 11y agoDo you have a cite for that? I know plenty of people of various heights who can sit on the soles of their feet, it just uses muscles that most westerners don't exercise. I'm also pretty skeptical that it would affect your height in any way to do it regularly.
- 1ris 11y agoWell, I might be indeed wrong.