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Possibly diet. Obviously it's anecdotal but all of the Dutch people I know consume far more dairy products than those from the UK. Edit: Turns out the Dutch ar

by phpnode 11y ago

Possibly diet. Obviously it's anecdotal but all of the Dutch people I know consume far more dairy products than those from the UK. Edit: Turns out the Dutch are the third biggest consumers of milk per capita in the world[0], looking at the list of "tallest" countries on wikipedia[1], there seems to be a great deal of overlap at the top of the two lists. I wonder if a secondary factor could also be related to vitamin D exposure, but I couldn't find a data source for that. 0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_milk_consumption_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_milk_cons... 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Average_height_around_the_world https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Average_height_around...

return0 11y ago
But the dutch don't eat so much. What about people of dutch descend living elsewhere?
staunch 11y ago
Over 2,000 years ago Julius Caesar described the people that lived where The Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany are today. > They do not live much on corn, but subsist for the most part on milk and flesh, and are much [engaged] in hunting; which circumstance must, by the nature of their food, and by their daily exercise and the freedom of their life (for having from boyhood been accustomed to no employment, or discipline, they do nothing at all contrary to their inclination), both promote their strength and render them men of vast stature of body. http://classics.mit.edu/Caesar/gallic.4.4.html http://classics.mit.edu/Caesar/gallic.4.4.html
- jessaustin 11y ago
  ...for having from boyhood been accustomed to no employment, or discipline, they do nothing at all contrary to their inclination... Now we see why the state had to subjugate them! b^)
- DonQuixote1000 11y ago
  Call me stupid but I thought corn was native to the Americas. I guess something is getting lost in translation.
  - bobcostas55 11y ago
    "Corn" can refer to cereal crops in general.
  - nsajko 11y ago
    'Corn' means the main cereal plant in a region.
  - staunch 11y ago
    Also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maize https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maize
- Someone 11y ago
  There is discussion about the truthfulness of "de bello Gallico". Some historians even call it propaganda (http://www.researchgate.net/publication/242303564_Julius_Caesar's_Propaganda_Commentarii_de_Bello_Gallico http://www.researchgate.net/publication/242303564_Julius_Cae...). He likely will have exaggerated the strengths of his enemies.
  - staunch 11y ago
    It was unquestionably propaganda, Caesar paints himself in the best possible light most of the time, but there is no one who questions the overall historical accuracy. Most of Caesar's military and political life is confirmed by many other sources and pieces of evidence.

by phpnode 11y ago

return0 11y ago

But the dutch don't eat so much. What about people of dutch descend living elsewhere?

staunch 11y ago

Over 2,000 years ago Julius Caesar described the people that lived where The Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany are today. > They do not live much on corn, but subsist for the most part on milk and flesh, and are much [engaged] in hunting; which circumstance must, by the nature of their food, and by their daily exercise and the freedom of their life (for having from boyhood been accustomed to no employment, or discipline, they do nothing at all contrary to their inclination), both promote their strength and render them men of vast stature of body. http://classics.mit.edu/Caesar/gallic.4.4.html http://classics.mit.edu/Caesar/gallic.4.4.html

jessaustin 11y ago
...for having from boyhood been accustomed to no employment, or discipline, they do nothing at all contrary to their inclination... Now we see why the state had to subjugate them! b^)
DonQuixote1000 11y ago
Call me stupid but I thought corn was native to the Americas. I guess something is getting lost in translation.
- bobcostas55 11y ago
  "Corn" can refer to cereal crops in general.
- nsajko 11y ago
  'Corn' means the main cereal plant in a region.
- staunch 11y ago
  Also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maize https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maize
Someone 11y ago
There is discussion about the truthfulness of "de bello Gallico". Some historians even call it propaganda (http://www.researchgate.net/publication/242303564_Julius_Caesar's_Propaganda_Commentarii_de_Bello_Gallico http://www.researchgate.net/publication/242303564_Julius_Cae...). He likely will have exaggerated the strengths of his enemies.
- staunch 11y ago
  It was unquestionably propaganda, Caesar paints himself in the best possible light most of the time, but there is no one who questions the overall historical accuracy. Most of Caesar's military and political life is confirmed by many other sources and pieces of evidence.