Despite growing taller, Indians way behind in world order: Study
8 years, 7 months ago

Despite growing taller, Indians way behind in world order: Study

India TV News  

A recent study has revealed that in the last 100 years between 1914 and 2014, the average height of Indian men increased by 3 cm to reach 165 cm while women grew taller by 5 cm to become 153 cm. According to a Times of India report, despite the considerable growth in height, the Indian men are still about 17.5 cm shorter than the world’s tallest males in the Netherlands, while Latvian women, the world’s tallest, are longer than Indian women by 17 cm. The study led by scientists from Imperial College, London and conducted by more than 800 researchers involved 1,470 earlier studies covering over 18.6 million participants in 200 countries. Another study, conducted by senior paediatrician at Sitaram Bhartia Institute Harshpal Singh Sachdev, reveals that though the low height gains in India are a result of poor nutritional levels and high disease prevalence, children today are much taller than their parents were at the same age.

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