How do you think they chose to measure height from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head?
Hmm probably based on the fact that they want to measure the entire height of your body when you're standing, not including anything like hats, shoes, or hair.
Chronic malnutrition can affect adult stature. How do you think we can solve these medical issues?
Well where is this malnutrition prevalent? I think a widespread reform and improvement on making nutritious food more available and pursued would certainly help.
Do you think the genetic profile I-M170 can be adapted to make women toller?
I think that it is possible but not anytime soon. That will probably be more likely in the next ten to twenty years or so.
Height is a key indicator of good nutrition, does this mean that countries with smaller heights are genetically less healthy?
Much of it is probably just coincidence or even genetics, but I think that large disparities in height between two countries can certainly mean that the on average taller country is likely healthier.
(around 20% deviation from average) within such a population is sometimes due to gigantism or dwarfism, which are medical conditions caused by specific genes or endocrine abnormalities.
The development of human height can serve as an indicator of two key welfare components, namely nutritional quality and health. In regions of poverty or warfare, environmental factors like chronic malnutrition during childhood or adolescence may result in delayed growth and/or marked reductions in adult stature even without the presence of any of these medical conditions. Some research indicates that a greater height
Human height
Human height or stature is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a human body, standing erect. It is measured using a stadiometer, usually in centimetres when using the metric system, or feet and inches when using the imperial system.
A particular genetic profile in men called Y haplotype I-M170 is correlated with height. Ecological data shows that as the frequency of this genetic profile increases in the population, the average male height in a country also increases.