ok I'm asian and I'm like 5'9-5'10 like average in America but tall for my race. asians don't have the nutritions we do, and we get so much nutritions, we tend to grow taller but in asia they don't have that much. but wait how tall are you, if you're asian, if you 5'6-5'7 thats consider tall for an asians.

It's a combination of genetics and diet. The tribes of ancient Germania, who ate lots of red meat, used to tower over the mostly grain-fed Romans, as well -- so it's not nearly as clear-cut as "white people" and "Asians"...

i believe it has something to do with evolution and which area they inhabited. its like the turtles that were exactly the same species but because they grew up on different parts of an island one evolved with a higher neck because the grass was higher on that part and the other had a shorter neck because the grass was lower. i cant really think of another reason although i do believe that humans were generally much shorter and perhaps asians have just maintained a height near the norm of ancient beings

There could be a vitamin or mineral deficiency. I know several Asian Americans who are considerably taller than their parents, them having grown up in America and their parents in the "old country".

Genetics and diet. Go to school and some day you too will "get it".

Those are all reasonable answers, but technically they are mostly right all together. First of all, all races of humans are adapted towards environment. Caucasians and Blacks are naturally two taller races all together themselves. BUT! Without the right nutrients, those natural genetics cannot grow off anything, such as the Irish back during the depression, it wasn't the "type" of edible content, it was the fact that they had NOTHING to eat in the first place. They would have grown to normal standard Heights if they ate anything food wise nonetheless, extra nutrients just provide a healthy immune system, more or less a healthier body, that doesn't mean they can make you grow freakishly larger. Now, Asians on the other hand, are a naturally smaller race of humans, the environment has a lot to do with that. You can move a crap load of Caucasians to another land and the genetics alone would thrive through them for thousands and thousands and thousands of years, before eventually they would start to adapt towards that land. With today's standards and living, it would take about 10x longer, before any changes would begin to occur. There is nothing wrong with Asians or being short, there is no less amount of nutrients, its there complete surroundings, usually ending up to the land itself. The Food eaten has a little to do with it. Do not get me wrong, but it is just a small effect on the human body compared to everything else, it is the natural genetics that take on most of the procedure. As for the slightly taller Asians in America, yes that has a lot to do with the food, but truthfully if you really look at it, it's because they are over-eating for one. Secondly, they are still quite short, the taller of them reach about 6 feet, and that is still a handful. If you believe it is the food they eat, then about 75% of Asians would be about 6 feet in height, and heavier bone structure like Caucasians, but that is not the case, and rarely your dieting is the case.

well, just think of it as adding more varieties to the specie for survival purpose. In the event of a world wide famine, people with less weight, hence shorter like asians, will consume less food to stay alive and thereby prolonging lifespan. So pray we don't face one real soon or you know who is going to need more food in order to stay alive a bit longer. Haha!

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