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Puberty age in tropical regions is lower. As you near the poles, it gets higher. This is why people in higher latitudes are longer in average. Growth hormone’s
by Aerbil313 3y ago
Puberty age in tropical regions is lower. As you near the poles, it gets higher. This is why people in higher latitudes are longer in average. Growth hormone’s release slows down when puberty is reached.
- Jensson 3y ago> are longer in average When you write this people think about genital length. I've done that mistake as well, easy to make as a non native speaker, to get the right point say "taller" not "longer".
- TeMPOraL 3y agoEven if the blue light from electronics had any significant effect, my first instinct would be to say, it's a wash: the amount of time spent with such electronics correlates strongly with amount of time spent indoors and away from sunlight. If anything, this would be bringing us closer to status quo from 50+ years ago.
- thesz 3y agoTropical regions are also relatively poorer, compared to more northern countries. And poverty during childhood is related to earlier puberty [1]. [1] https://ifstudies.org/blog/poverty-and-early-puberty-in-australian-children https://ifstudies.org/blog/poverty-and-early-puberty-in-aust... So, there is another way to explain what we see.