Reply #37: I doubt it has to do with the food... [View All]

[dawn]

If a healthy diet is what causes people to be taller, how would that explain the height of men and women from many Asian countries, for example? Japan has one of the healthiest diets in the world, and the longest life-span, but still they are short in comparison to other races.

Obviously, that's because of their genes. Many studies have shown, though, that the younger generation of Japanese are now getting taller (and much heavier), because they are consuming more beef and more fast food.

It probably has more to do with the genetic makeup of the people involved. Most Northern Europeans have the natural propensity for being tall. (Not that everyone is, but on a whole.)

That being said, people from many other countries do eat fresher food on a whole than we do.