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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m curious how much does nutrition affect height. Typical American diet v organic spinach and fish and lentils. [/quote]

I am curious about the nutritional component as well.

I am the poster with the 5'6" father and two brothers who are 6'2" and 6'3".

My 6'2" brother is much older than my 6'3" brother. The older brother grew up in a third world country and his diet was similar to my dad's growing up (lots of beans, vegetables, fish, very little meat, little to no dairy after toddlerhood, etc). He is in his 40s and is still 6'2" tall.

My 6'3" brother moved to the U.S at age 11 and started eating the typical American diet (lots of dairy products, lots of red meat, chicken etc).They look like twins in terms of physical features, except for the younger one being muscular while the one back home is lean.  I guess the difference between the diet might have contributed to the 1 inch height difference. But the difference in the muscular composition is much more noticeable than the height difference( I don't think the older brother could build as much muscle as the younger one even if he worked out everyday). Perhaps they would have been taller if they moved here as babies? But I am skeptical about that- it would have been ridiculous given my parents' heights. And they are the some of the tallest men in our extended family including generations that were born and raised here.

My sisters and I were adults before we moved here. So our heights of 5'8", 5'8" and 5'4" were already set before we moved. We have adult first cousins who were born here who are 5'9" and whose parents, born and raised in third world countries, are a little taller than mine. So it looks like it's only an 1 inch difference when the American diet comes into play. So I am not sure that the nutrition would affect much in one generation.

If compounded over generations, then there would possibly be a drastic difference.[/quote]

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