Mon, Apr-05-04, 20:35
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Lowcarb since 7/2002
Posts: 5,991
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 360/232/180
BF:BMI 53.2/34.3/?
Progress: 71%
Location: U.S.: Mid-Atlantic
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Originally Posted by Lisa N
Personally, I think genetics does play a part in how tall you will eventually become......While genetics plays a big role in determining your greatest possible height, whether or not you achieve that height does depend on good nutrition and health care, but to say or imply that stature is influenced soley by nutrition is false, IMO.
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I read the original article in The New Yorker that this article was based on and that is exactly what it said -- most size differences within populations are because of genetics, but average size differences between populations are the result of nutrition. Some people are genetically programmed to be shorter and some people are genetically programmed to be taller. However, that doesn't explain shifts and differences among the same population -- the Dutch are much taller on average than they were a generation ago and those of us in the United States are actually getting somewhat smaller than we were a generation ago (even adjusting for all the immigration).
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