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> Americans, arguably the group which has not suffered famines for the longest period of time, is the tallest in the world, Untrue. The Dutch seem to be taller
by lucumo 17y ago
> Americans, arguably the group which has not suffered famines for the longest period of time, is the tallest in the world,
Untrue. The Dutch seem to be taller than Americans:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/09/15/international/i132728D54.DTL&feed=rss.news http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/09/15/...
In fact, "[a study] conducted by the University of Munich and Princeton University, found that the United States had the shortest population in the industrialized world". [http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3293191 http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3293191]
It seems Americans are even shrinking: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/apr/04/usa http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/apr/04/usa
- christofd 17y agoWell put. Was just gonna quote some of these sources. The author of these studies was one of my professors :)
- lunchbox 17y agoI don't know what they mean that the US has the shortest population in the industrial world. Japan is industrialized, and the average Japanese is shorter than the average American.
- helveticaman 17y agoI'd call the Dutch a small population...but yes, you are right. They're not the tallest. But going from Chile to US, it's astounding how much taller people there are.