The average height of citizens of all countries including India is different. But today both men and women want their height to be average, so that they look good. But do you know in which country the tallest people are found in the world? Today we will tell you in which country the average height of people is higher.
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Today most people want that their height should be good. In India, on one hand women want their height to be 5 feet 4 inches and men want their height to be more than 5 feet 10 inches. But do you know which country in the world has the tallest people? Let us tell you that Netherlands is such a country in the world where the tallest people are found. The average height of people here is 184 cm i.e. around 6.03 feet. Till the 18th century, the average height of people of Netherlands and most of the countries of Europe used to be 165 cm. However, in the last 200 years, the height of Dutch people has increased by an average of 15 cm.
According to a BBC report, the average height of women in the Netherlands is 168.5 cm (5.52 feet), while the height of men is up to 184 cm. However, till a few decades ago, people of America were considered the tallest in the world. But now the Netherlands has overtaken them. The average height of American men is 177.2 cm (5.8 feet), while the height of women is up to 163.25 cm (5.3 feet).
Earlier the people of Netherlands were small
According to the Royal Society of London, this was not always the case with the Netherlands. According to information, until the 18th century, the people of the Netherlands were considered to be among the world’s shortest people in terms of height. But something unexpected has happened in the last 200 years. Due to which the people of the Netherlands have left the Americans behind and have earned the title of the tallest people in the world.
What is the reason behind being the longest
Professor Louis Barrett of the University of Lethbridge, Canada, who has studied the height of the people of the Netherlands, says that genetics does play a role in increasing the height of Dutch people, but the biggest role is of food and quality of life. The living standard in the Netherlands has changed in the last few decades. At the same time, the number of deaths due to infectious diseases has decreased and people have become very careful about their food habits.
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