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• ChrisWei - Jan 16 2007 | farmers, health, international

  Great article on height and health and why the Euros are taller than the Dollars.

  Quoted: The New Yorker

  • derek - Jan 16 2007
    

    The tallest kid in my class growing up was totally obsessed with avoiding processed foods. He'd never had a soda in his life, and even back then he was positive that it had an impact on his growth. It definitely makes sense.
• drew_s - Jan 15 2007 | height, dutch, economics

  Quoted: Why Europeans are getting taller and taller - and Americans aren't.

  Interesting stuff.

  • derek - Jan 15 2007
    

    I'm beating even the Dutch average -- holla!

  • liz - Jan 16 2007
    

    "The Dutch are taller than the Italians, one man suggested, because they go to bed at a reasonable hour." hahaha!

  • drew_s - Jan 16 2007
    

    Yeah, I meant to put that in the quoted section. Thought you'd like it. : )
• drew_s - Jan 15 2007 | height, dutch, economics

  Quoted: Why Europeans are getting taller and taller - and Americans aren't.

  Interesting stuff.
• don - Jan 14 2007 | world, international, height, growth

  Quoted: Biologists say that we achieve our stature in three spurts: the first in infancy, the second between the ages of six and eight, the last ...
• derek - Jan 14 2007 | height, health, america, economics

  Interesting stuff -- not terribly surprising, though.

  Quoted: Why Europeans are getting taller and taller—and Americans aren’t.

  • ljc - Jan 14 2007
    

    yup, interesting. i wasn't too impressed with the line about "the soldiers who stormed the bastille", but i guess he doesn't claim to be a historian...

  • drew_s - Jan 15 2007
    

    I see I'm not the only one trolling the competition for interesting stories. The amount of old content on Reddit makes me suspicious of how everything over there works.

  • derek - Jan 15 2007
    

    Heh, I'm not sure either, but since it's nerdy, I show up.