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Okay, I'm not quite sure why Mongolians are quite short and stocky (given their northern latitude), but I also find the general observation that height increases as you go up north is basically true.
Okay, I'm not quite sure why Mongolians are quite short and stocky (given their northern latitude), but I also find the general observation that height increases as you go up north is basically true.
I live in a major U.S. city that has many internationals from all around the world, and I find that many Koreans and Chinese are quite tall nowadays. I have both Korean and Chinese relatives in my family, and the males tend to range between 5'9''-6'1'', without any shoe lifts.
Some of the girls I've seen are quite tall, like half a head taller than me. I stand 5'7'' as an Asian woman so I'm not exactly short.
haha, this is funny. Mongolians are on my list of tall Asians. Well-fed Chinese, Koreans and Japanese are also fairly tall.
Americans, btw, have been losing stature, and are among the shorter Euro-descended groups, now. The Dutch are the tallest.
It's all relative, and depends to a large extent on nutrition. Andean peoples--the Quechua, especially the women, tend to be child-sized. They don't have much protein in their diet at all, and almost no dairy. The younger generations are taller, as the diet has improved for some families.
haha, this is funny. Mongolians are on my list of tall Asians. Well-fed Chinese, Koreans and Japanese are also fairly tall.
Americans, btw, have been losing stature, and are among the shorter Euro-descended groups, now. The Dutch are the tallest.
It's all relative, and depends to a large extent on nutrition. Andean peoples--the Quechua, especially the women, tend to be child-sized. They don't have much protein in their diet at all, and almost no dairy. The younger generations are taller, as the diet has improved for some families.
In 2014, an article says the average height of 18 year-old males in Beijing is 174.1 cm, females 161.4 cm.
Japanese fairly tall? Actually they are well known to be short in Asia. It's true nowadays they are slightly taller than rural Chinese, but still shorter than urban Chinese and Koreans.
Mongols are shorter than average East Asians too, but there is a big variation. Inuits are probably the shortest continental "Asians" (although technically they are "North Americans")
People in the west think Chinese are very shorter partly because most overseas Chinese were from Guangdong and Fujian, where people are among the shortest in China.
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Height is a genetic marker like other characteristics. Its nothing to figure out. They are short because they are suppose to be short. Its like the eyes. Asians have short heights, and unique eye shapes. They are identifiable genetic traits.
Then how do you explain the increase in average height of 8 inches in South Korean women in the last century? Or that North Korean men are about 3 inches shorter than South Korean men? It can't be strictly due to genetic markers. Diet obviously plays a part.
Generally, men from all three East Asian ethnic groups (Chinese, Koreans, Japanese) can be quite tall nowadays.
So how I distinguish 'tallness' is by looking at the female heights, because women's heights are less variable then men's after a certain age - and it's my observation that it's fairly easy to find rather 'tall' Northern/Northeastern Chinese women and S.Korean women but not so easy to find the same 'tall' Japanese women. (My definition of tall would be 5'8'' ~172cm and above).
If you watch a volleyball match between Chinese women vs. Japanese women or Korean women vs. Japanese women, you'll see that there's a bit of difference in the heights of the athletes.
Some Japanese men - esp. among the younger generation - can be tall, but their women tend to be quite short.
Lived in japan for 3 years and korea for 1 year. To sum it up in a vast generalization:
Japanese folks are pretty short on average.
Koreans, man those folks are tall. Living there for just one year changed my entire view of Asians and height. They may not be taller on average than other ethnics, but go to Korea, and you'll see plenty of height.
If Korean men are tall ? Why the average height of Korean men's basketball is 195cm？ Average height of Shandong GAOSU men's basketball team 199.7cm Average height of Qingdao Shuang xing men's basketball team 199.1cm
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