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> Rice and beans. I wouldn't aspire to a Hispanic diet. They're mostly short and chubby as far as I can see.

Shooter 18y ago
I rarely downvote, but your comment has left me wishing I had a few more to spare.
albertcardona 18y ago
Living on a dry, high-altitude altiplan or on a humid low-land makes a hell of a difference. The diet has something to do, but heat management affects human body growth far more, considering a baseline amount of ingested calories. Hence the children of Mexican immigrants living in California are way taller and have longer arms. That, on top of the genetic selection for individuals with big chest and short arms, as a positive adaptation to high altitude (and thin bodies and long arms for coast lands --the micronesian being the exception, since they were selected for long periods of food deprivation, while sailing from island to island). Go study anthropology before making stupid comments.
- kingkongrevenge 18y ago
  This is pretty much nonsense. Different races have all kinds of different builds in different climates. I suppose you'd say Eskimos are stubby and fat to retain heat. Except you'd be wrong because the ones living in the outback are of average height and leaner than most populations. Short arms for altitude? The Masai are highland plains people, ya seen pictures? Diet determines build and height in a population. I stand by my assertion. The Dutch have gone from the shortest people in Europe to the tallest and among the healthiest because now they eat lots of meat and cheese. The Sikhs are ethnically identical to neighboring muslims and hindus but are much taller and leaner because they eat a dairy heavy diet. Hispanics are relatively short and chubby because they eat cheap starchy food.
icey 18y ago
In that case, could you let us know what you eat so we can avoid being bigoted morons?
- kingkongrevenge 18y ago
  How exactly is it bigoted to notice that poor hispanics, who subsist largely on starch, have poor health and builds?
  - icey 18y ago
    A) You said nothing about economic status, which makes all the difference in the world. Poorer people universally have worse health than middle-income or wealthy people. B) Rice and beans isn't only eaten by Hispanics; maybe you should turn off the Lou Dobbs and pay a little attention.
    - kingkongrevenge 18y ago
      Poorer people can't afford good food and have to eat mostly starchy staples. That's why their health is generally worse. And you are quite wrong about low income "universally" meaning poor health. There are poor populations all over the world with good health from good diets. The healthiest sub-population in the US, and possibly the healthiest group in the industrialized world, are working class whites in the upper mid-west, in states like Minnesota. They eat a lot of meat.
      - icey 18y ago
        I guess those nuts over at the MacArthur foundation have no idea what they're talking about. You may want to submit your theories there. http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.951947/k.11B4/Research_Networks__Socioeconomic_Status_and_Health.htm http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.951947/k.11B4/R...
        kingkongrevenge 18y ago

I rarely downvote, but your comment has left me wishing I had a few more to spare.

Living on a dry, high-altitude altiplan or on a humid low-land makes a hell of a difference. The diet has something to do, but heat management affects human body growth far more, considering a baseline amount of ingested calories. Hence the children of Mexican immigrants living in California are way taller and have longer arms. That, on top of the genetic selection for individuals with big chest and short arms, as a positive adaptation to high altitude (and thin bodies and long arms for coast lands --the micronesian being the exception, since they were selected for long periods of food deprivation, while sailing from island to island). Go study anthropology before making stupid comments.

kingkongrevenge 18y ago
This is pretty much nonsense. Different races have all kinds of different builds in different climates. I suppose you'd say Eskimos are stubby and fat to retain heat. Except you'd be wrong because the ones living in the outback are of average height and leaner than most populations. Short arms for altitude? The Masai are highland plains people, ya seen pictures? Diet determines build and height in a population. I stand by my assertion. The Dutch have gone from the shortest people in Europe to the tallest and among the healthiest because now they eat lots of meat and cheese. The Sikhs are ethnically identical to neighboring muslims and hindus but are much taller and leaner because they eat a dairy heavy diet. Hispanics are relatively short and chubby because they eat cheap starchy food.

icey 18y ago

In that case, could you let us know what you eat so we can avoid being bigoted morons?

kingkongrevenge 18y ago
How exactly is it bigoted to notice that poor hispanics, who subsist largely on starch, have poor health and builds?
- icey 18y ago
  A) You said nothing about economic status, which makes all the difference in the world. Poorer people universally have worse health than middle-income or wealthy people. B) Rice and beans isn't only eaten by Hispanics; maybe you should turn off the Lou Dobbs and pay a little attention.
  - kingkongrevenge 18y ago
    Poorer people can't afford good food and have to eat mostly starchy staples. That's why their health is generally worse. And you are quite wrong about low income "universally" meaning poor health. There are poor populations all over the world with good health from good diets. The healthiest sub-population in the US, and possibly the healthiest group in the industrialized world, are working class whites in the upper mid-west, in states like Minnesota. They eat a lot of meat.
    - icey 18y ago
      I guess those nuts over at the MacArthur foundation have no idea what they're talking about. You may want to submit your theories there. http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.951947/k.11B4/Research_Networks__Socioeconomic_Status_and_Health.htm http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.951947/k.11B4/R...
      - kingkongrevenge 18y ago