Study shows Pinoys among world's shortest people

[mozart123]

MANILA – A 100-year-long study that looked at height records of 18-year-olds showed that Filipinos are among the shortest people in the world.
The study, titled “A century of trends in adult human height,” was published last July 26 in the journal eLife and was produced by a team of nearly 800 scientists in collaboration with the World Health Organization.
It showed that Filipino women born in 1896 had an average height of 147.9 centimeters, ranking 164th out of 200 nationalities. Come 1996, the ranking of Filipino women plummeted to 199th spot despite the slight increase in average height to 149.6 centimeters.

http://news.abs-cbn.com/life/08/04/16/study-shows-pinoys-among-worlds-shortest-people

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bakit nga kaya? halos karamihan nga ng babae nasa 5' lang ang height

[mammonchipz]

eh maliliit naman talaga ang mga ninuno natin eh kung dito siguro nag punta ang mga europeans noon at hindi sa australia baka tisoy tayo lahat at matangkad hehe. ang alam kong bansa na malalaki ang tao eh sa netherlands ata at iceland hehe average na sa kanila ang 6 footer eh. putsa tignan mo si the mountain ang laki laki hehe siguro sa mga ninuno na din nila saatin kasi puro negrito, malay at indones eh hindi ko alam bakit kaunti ang nalahian saatin ng kastila

[brighteyesbayside]

it'd be interesting if someone studies what factors affect height over different races.
excluding genetics. what else.

one guess could be diet and nutrition. some countries have a wider consumption of milk. milk is famously linked with healthy bones. then you can correlate that with height.

another could be environment. if you equate Darwin's theories, maybe our ancestors didn't need to be bigger to gather food, or catch prey, or to survive. unlike a Giraffe where it had to grow its neck to eat from the taller trees.

maybe the trees have always been within reach in the asia pacific region. hehe

[mammonchipz]

it'd be interesting if someone studies what factors affect height over different races.
excluding genetics. what else.

one guess could be diet and nutrition. some countries have a wider consumption of milk. milk is famously linked with healthy bones. then you can correlate that with height.

another could be environment. if you equate Darwin's theories, maybe our ancestors didn't need to be bigger to gather food, or catch prey, or to survive. unlike a Giraffe where it had to grow its neck to eat from the taller trees.

maybe the trees have always been within reach in the asia pacific region. hehe

Sabagay sa kultura natin hindi naman tayo magatas kasi mahal ang gatas eh . more on kape at softdrinks ang iniinom ng karamihan pati powdered juice. and yung mga ninuno kasi naman talaga natin maliliit same with mga bansang naka palibot saatin

pero nowadays ang lalaki na ng mga bata jusko ang dami kong nakikitang parang poste na pati mga babae ang lalaki at matangkad na din not unlike before kaunti lang ang matangkad noon bata pa kame ng kuya ko yung hight niya eh considered as matangkad na I think he stands at 5'9 ako 5'5 putsa yung mga normal na bata ngayon na nasa teens at early 20's 5'9 na ang average height eh probably sa mga vitamins na din at milk formula

[mozart123]

totoo ngayon madami ng mga malalaki.

[marzi]

totoo ngayon madami ng mga malalaki.

chong, be specific. ano ang malalaki?

[mozart123]

sorry madami na pala matatangkad ngayon kesa noong panahon ko na kakaunti lang.