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[–] Untended_Distention 0 points 23 points (+23|-0) ago 

Americans are also losing ground in height. For most of two centuries, until 60 years ago, the U.S. population was the tallest in the world. Now the average American man is three inches shorter than the Dutch man, who averages six feet. Japanese averages are also gaining on Americans'. Anthropologists tie these recent changes primarily to diet and lifestyle, as we've turned habitable wilderness into excess.

So weight is based on culture and genetics, but height is a result of diet and lifestyle!?!?

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[–] DisgustingFatPeople 0 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago 

i bet it's because all the hispanics that move here. they are the biggest immigrators, baby havers, and in general, more short.

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[–] GDHPNS 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

I can't disagree with that. I do think short people mixing genetics will create shorter people, but I'm not a geneticist myself. If we're also basing Americans on anyone in America, then yup, Hispanics will definitely skew the height factor as well, being as they're shorter.

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[–] tux 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

This article is full of incorrect data. Obviously weight is diet and lifestyle. There is also a huge diet component to height while you're growing (between 4-23ish). If you're malnourished on McBeetus you're not going to be as tall as you would have been had you been fed well. There is a genetic component to height too, but nutrition while growing is also important.

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[–] Untended_Distention 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

Yes, your adult height is mostly a result of your genetics and nutrition in childhood. Guess how many fatties are going to come to that conclusion based on this article.

[Here's a hint, it's zero]

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[–] hypercat ago 

Yup. I was supposed to be 6'1" but I started smoking at 15, and drinking at 16, and I ate McBeetus every day for my last two years of high school. I am 5'10". BUT, I am totally cool with that because I am girl. Also, not fat. McBeetus was cheap and I was hungry. I would get their special Tuesday 35 cent burgers or I would go to the smarmy coffee shop next door and get a 1 dollar baguette with extra butter.

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[–] Swole_is_life ago 

As I recall, fat stores hormones and thus obese children mature more early, which in turn means they do not grow as much. The evolutionary theory is that it's ok to mature and reproduce if there are adequate food supplies. Conversely, very thin children often mature very late.

I don't remember where I read this so it's entirely possible I'm making shit up, but it seems plausible.

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[–] theepilepticferret 1 point 18 points (+19|-1) ago 

I stopped reading at "Avatars of various ethnicities are important, because obesity depends on culture and genetics."

No moron, obesity depends on how much crap you shovel into your face every day.

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[–] prisonersandpriests 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

No moron, obesity depends on how much crap you shovel into your face every day.

Well, that's the culture part. I know there's no role that genetics actually play (with the exception of Prader-Willi) in obesity, but culture absolutely has shit to do with it. When your culture is at McBeetus and having Thanksgiving dinner every single night of the week you're going to be a fatass unless you're disciplined. As evidenced by the number of overweight and obese people in America, not too damn many people are disciplined.

They're changing the culture to one of gluttony and excess. Of frivolity and food. That's part of what makes them such a blight.

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[–] sethamphetamines ago 

Yep. I got hung up on that sentence too

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[–] fabulousalpaca ago 

I think the culture aspect might be right though. I live in Sweden and we don't have as many fast food options as the states, plus it's pretty expensive. A can of coke costs about 1 dollar, and the smaller drinking bottle costs about 1.5~2 dollars. And a bag of crisps (about 0.55 lbs) always costs at least 2 dollars.

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[–] RICH_EVANS_AMA 0 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago 

The amount of doublespeak is eye opening. Culture + Genetics = Weight, but Height = diet + lifestyle? How does one not see a relation here?

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[–] FPSFairy 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

Ooh, I do! I see a relation! I think it's "author = idiot."

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[–] CaliforniaOrange 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

How does one not see a relation here?

Perception is reality. Hams don't want to see any reality other than the one they perceive in their heads

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[–] 2drunk 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago 

This map tells me why I find Chinese Females attractive.

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[–] Untended_Distention 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

And of course the comments are full of fatties trying to espouse their "healthy fat" bullshit. Luckily there are shitlords who stepped up to set the records straight.

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[–] eatredditsbandwidth 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I wonder what the average height differences have to do with different in ethnic make ups. Netherlands is overwhelmingly white and in the US white men are tallest on average, black men are just slightly shorter, and hispanic men are several inches shorter.

Also, men lie about their height. They lie like nothing else and a lot of these average heights are just based on what people claim their height is. So, color me skeptical about all of it.

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[–] TimTamSlam 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

When I was on OkC, a number of dates actually started with the girl being glad I didn't lie about my height.

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[–] Swole_is_life 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

This is why I refuse to describe any of us as "thin." You're not "thin", you're normal. Thin should be used for borderline anorexic.

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[–] ChicagoSunroof ago 

I like Dutch Todd the best!

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