The Giants of Europe

There’s an interesting older article in The New Yorker about how Europeans - and to a larger extent - populations in general are growing taller. It’s interesting to note that the article says that Americans in general are not growing. They measured the population height trends in Europe vs. those in America and found that Americans are on average a little shorter than their European counterparts. This study only included Americans that were born here and spoke English at home. The basic conclusion was that nutrition was a big part in why Americans - who used to be the giants of the world - have now fallen behind the Europeans. Sounds believable. America’s inverted food pyramid eating habits probably has something to do with it. So a good question to ask is what are Americans eating that Europeans are not?

Beware, it’s a long article.