Young children from Guatemala who are adopted into the United States gain considerable height relative to the standards. So the height difference cannot be genetic. — Richard H. Steckel Copy Share Image
All the Americans in the study were native born, but the height of the mother does affect the growth potential of the child. So, there is a second generation effect. But this can explain only a small portion of the… — Richard H. Steckel Copy Share Image
Taller people tend to earn more on average, although the effect is modest. This is clearly true in occupations where strength is important but… — Richard H. Steckel Copy Share Image
Genes are very important at the individual level but these differences tend to cancel at the national level. — Richard H. Steckel Copy Share Image
Being shorter or taller depends on details of the diet. Vegetarians can obtain a balanced diet, with sufficient complete protein, vitamins, minerals and micro-nutrients.… — Richard H. Steckel Copy Share Image
I agree that zinc is one of the important micro-nutrients but people require a balanced blend of food for our biological engines. — Richard H. Steckel Copy Share Image
The second and third generation effect of immigration accounts for only a small portion of the height shortfall between Americans and northern Europeans. Besides… — Richard H. Steckel Copy Share Image
Young children from Guatemala who are adopted into the United States gain considerable height relative to the standards. So the height difference cannot be… — Richard H. Steckel Copy Share Image
Africans are not as tall as northern Europeans. But Manute Vol and other sports figures in basketball and football receive a lot of press… — Richard H. Steckel Copy Share Image
A rich diet does lead to earlier puberty but to my knowledge it does not student the adolescent growth spurt. Early pregnancy, before reaching… — Richard H. Steckel Copy Share Image
People tend to shrink with age, especially after age 50 or so. It has to do with spaces between the joints amount of cartilage… — Richard H. Steckel Copy Share Image
There are some effects of the biome. Compact bodies tend to conserve heat relative to linear ones. This can affect average height as well… — Richard H. Steckel Copy Share Image
The English were relatively short in the mid-nineteenth century and so their expeditions return with stories some exaggerated, not doubt about "giants" who lived… — Richard H. Steckel Copy Share Image
All the Americans in the study were native born, but the height of the mother does affect the growth potential of the child. So,… — Richard H. Steckel Copy Share Image
