The dutch heights seem to be a genetic preference as well. Germans eat somehow the same mix with a little less seafood. Btw Germans in the Northern parts - close to Netherlands are quite tall in general. May be seafood.

[–] fiat_lux@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Production isn't consumption. A lot of that is for export.

Edit: my mistake, they included the consumption graphs further down..

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 0 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, genetics likely plays a part. However, it would matter more about protein during early years, than average across the whole population. Once people are fully grown, it wouldn’t matter so much any more. American diets tend to be higher in fats and refined sugars, so,perhaps that makes a difference but emricans are also at the higher end of the table, despite having a more diverse population, including races that are stereotypically shorter.

I live in Australia and I know that here they have to use different graphs for different races for babies for normal height and weight. The most common European descent population is shorter and less sticky than the Pacific Islander populations and taller and more stocky than the Asian population.

[–] DrunkenPirate@feddit.org 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

You mentioned an important thing migration and grow up. I looked at the migration rate of those countries and it turns out the the Netherlands has the lowest rate. So, as migration typically reduces the overall height - if one assumes its the protein volume in your youth - this would explain the graphs much better. It might be the protein volume not the swine hormones.

https://ourworldindata.org/migration