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What factors determine our height? Britain’s plateau explained

What factors determine our height? Britain’s plateau explained

by Wetall | Nov 11, 2026 | Data

British adults are about 10 cm taller than their great grandparents. Then, somewhere in the last two or three decades, the climb stopped. The Health Survey for England measured mean male height at 175.5 cm in 2019, barely more than 1 cm above the 1993 figure, and...
Which country has the tallest average height, and where Britain sits

Which country has the tallest average height, and where Britain sits

by Wetall | Jul 17, 2021 | Data

The Netherlands has the tallest men in the world and Montenegro is close behind. That part of the answer has not changed in twenty years and is not really the interesting part. The interesting part is that the United Kingdom has been falling down this ranking for...

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