Re: height

04-19-2001, 10:35 AM

Hi,

The height is increasing all over the world. Some 50 years ago statistics
showed that children born in a place, irrespective of the racial origins or
stature of the parents, tended to reach a norm for the place. I take it that the
conception had to occur in that place. Two over-tall partners would have shorter
children and vice versa.

But during the last 15 years or so children are shooting up: the height is
simply unexpected. With plants this is a sign of not getting enough light - the
plant grows high, is lacking in inherent strength, flips over easily.

The super tall children seem to have problems with the vertebral column, suffer
from pains etc. This seems to be Zeitgeist. At the same time there is also an
increase in obesity. Children are born, whose cells are bigger than usual.
Plants exhibit this lushness if given stimulants and fed with with too much
water.

Is our food responsible? ....

But in interptreting charts, I think that these over-all tendencies should be
considered.

namaste
Mani

04-19-2001, 12:01 PM

Mani:

My sense is that it's higher protein diets and more milk drinking in Asia
(1/3 the population) and who knows how many hormones and chemical gunk in
the western kids.

Chris

At 10:35 PM 4/19/01 +0200, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>The height is increasing all over the world. Some 50 years ago statistics
>showed that children born in a place, irrespective of the racial origins or
>stature of the parents, tended to reach a norm for the place. I take it
that the
>conception had to occur in that place. Two over-tall partners would have
shorter
>children and vice versa.
>
>But during the last 15 years or so children are shooting up: the height is
>simply unexpected. With plants this is a sign of not getting enough light
- the
>plant grows high, is lacking in inherent strength, flips over easily.
>
>The super tall children seem to have problems with the vertebral column,
suffer
>from pains etc. This seems to be Zeitgeist. At the same time there is also
an
>increase in obesity. Children are born, whose cells are bigger than usual.
>Plants exhibit this lushness if given stimulants and fed with with too much
>water.
>
>Is our food responsible? ....
>
>But in interptreting charts, I think that these over-all tendencies should
be
>considered.
>
>namaste
>Mani
>
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