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It's pretty obvious this is about immigration and origin, not income or healthcare. Mesoamericans, which became Central Americans, and have since immigrated in
by nostromo 8y ago
It's pretty obvious this is about immigration and origin, not income or healthcare.
Mesoamericans, which became Central Americans, and have since immigrated in large numbers to the US, tend to be shorter than Europeans.
Japan has some of the healthiest people on Earth, as measured by things like nutrition, healthcare, and lifespan. But they are still shorter on average than the much poorer Estonians.
It feels like the author is inappropriately shoehorning this data into a statement about healthcare.
- mbroncano 8y agoThey also get immigrants in the NL, and quite a lot of them are also shorter.
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- throwawaymanbot 8y agowell the Dutch are the tallest so literally everyone is going to be shorter. Brits, Germans, french etc.. Your point? (I feel you are trying to make some sort of different point though..)
- sandworm101 8y agoSince 50s? Asian peoples, post-wwii immigration.
- charliesharding 8y agoI thought the same thing until I got to this part: "Based on white and black U.S.-born adults ... Asians and Hispanics, who would make Americans appear even shorter, are excluded to better illuminate how the U.S. compares to Western Europeans." Turns it from a "well, duh" to a "wow, interesting".
- deogeo 8y agoArabs/North Africans are also shorter. But I don't know how many the US has.
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- throwawaymanbot 8y agoNostromo, Did you read the article?? I would auger that its nothing to do with Race, It's to do with nutrition. While America has a lot of food, it does not mean its Nutritious. Nutrition is all important.
- packet_nerd 8y agoI'd always heard that mixed race children are a bit taller (and smarter?) on average than their parents. I wonder if it's true?