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Guess which country is tied for dead last. (Lactose intolerance) https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/lactose-intolerance-by-country https://worl

• secondcoming 5y ago
  I thought it might be Viking related, but Norway has three times the levels of intolerance as Denmark.
  • 3np 5y ago
    I always wrote it down to generally large intake of fresh milk and dairy. Norway has more mountains and less pastures compared to Denmark and Sweden.
• spurgu 5y ago
  Quite surprised Finland isn't in the top 10, it has similar historical importance here.
  • boomboomsubban 5y ago
    The source for that page has a much better layout, and shows Finland at 12th. There seems to be a separate lactose intolerance that also affects people starting when they are infants and it's most common in Finland. https://milk.procon.org/lactose-intolerance-by-country/ https://milk.procon.org/lactose-intolerance-by-country/
• hn_throwaway_99 5y ago
  Wow, expected to see those other Northern European countries up at the top of the lactose tolerance list, but was surprised to see Niger. Googling brought up some interesting data on how lactase persistence was selected for in Africa.
  • chrisco255 5y ago
    The lists are based on intolerance not tolerance, so the top list is inverted. This depicts the percentage of each population that is lactose intolerant, so Denmark and Ireland are among the top countries in the world for lactose tolerance: Denmark - 4% Ireland - 4% Sweden - 7% United Kingdom - 8% New Zealand - 10% Netherlands - 12% Norway - 12% Niger - 13% Belgium - 15% Cyprus - 16%
• Daub 5y ago
  Ireland is also the world leader in Coeliac disease.