Has the Pakistani physical build deteriorated in the past 25 years?

[MastanKhan]

Mate am 6ft and all off my 25 cousins mamus uncles and everyone I met around kharian is legit either the same height as me or taller the height off kharian has drastically increased at least in the average teenager it has

Hi,

It is not about you or me---or the well off---. But the general public---not so well off---not enough nutrition available---.

 

[Great Janjua]

Like I said I only know about kharian from my experiences

Hi,

It is not about you or me---or the well off---. But the general public---not so well off---not enough nutrition available---.

 

[Ocelot]

The guy on the right definetly has acromegaly (look at his mandible aka lower jaw) a pituatary disease just like India's Khali who is 2 inches taller.

They are of the same height, 7 ft 1 (2.16 m).

 

[M.Bison]

Two of the best cricketers to grace a cricket field ever, Hanif Mohammed and Javed Miandad, were respectively 5.7 and 5.8 feet tall.

Height depends mainly on genetic factors(60-85 %) the remaining being influenced by environmental factors including nutrition. That is not to say that nutrition doesn't play an important role, it helps maximise the genetic potential of an individual.

Muscle mass and fat distribution are not dependent upon genetic factors?

 

[Sugarcane]

The junk food is taking toll on middle and upper class, while lower class don't get proper nutrient. So, yes over all physical build of Pakistani is deteriorating, we should take measures to correct it. As first step, we must stop kids from getting addicted to carbonated drinks, one good think which Punjab food authority did was banning them from school canteens, but at home it's responsibility of parents.

 

[MastanKhan]

Two of the best cricketers to grace a cricket field ever, Hanif Mohammed and Javed Miandad, were respectively 5.7 and 5.8 feet tall.

Height depends mainly on genetic factors(60-85 %) the remaining being influenced by environmental factors including nutrition. That is not to say that nutrition doesn't play an important role, it helps maximise the genetic potential of an individual.

Hi,

NO-----.

Do some research on latin american women immigrating to the US and the babies they have in the US---.

 

[M.Bison]

Hi,

NO-----.

Do some research on latin american women immigrating to the US and the babies they have in the US---.

Height is determined by genetic factors and that is a fact. There is a formula that pediatricians use to predict "estimated height". So it doesn't have to do with geography and environment. Interestingly though, Japanese are supposed to be fairly healthy with higher life expectancy. But when they move to the United States their life expectancy starts to normalize with the general US population.

 

[MastanKhan]

Height is determined by genetic factors and that is a fact. There is a formula that pediatricians use to predict "estimated height". So it doesn't have to do with geography and environment. Interestingly though, Japanese are supposed to be fairly healthy with higher life expectancy. But when they move to the United States their life expectancy starts to normalize with the general US population.

Hi,

You showed a knee jerk reaction---.

I shared---look into latina immigrants coming to the US and bearing children---.

 

[M.Bison]

Hi,

You showed a knee jerk reaction---.

I shared---look into latina immigrants coming to the US and bearing children---.

I thought you were disagreeing with the other individual who was saying that height is determined by genetic factors. I was saying that height is determined by genetic factors and not environmental. So, taller parents generally tend to have taller children regardless of what ethnicity they are. It doesn't matter if you are in the United States, Australia, china, Japan, or the moon. If you are a human being and are tall then your children will most probably be as tall as you. It doesn't matter if you are black, white, Latina, or w/e.

 

[MastanKhan]

I thought you were disagreeing with the other individual who was saying that height is determined by genetic factors. I was saying that height is determined by genetic factors and not environmental. So, taller parents generally tend to have taller children regardless of what ethnicity they are. It doesn't matter if you are in the United States, Australia, china, Japan, or the moon. If you are a human being and are tall then your children will most probably be as tall as you. It doesn't matter if you are black, white, Latina, or w/e.

Hi,

what the observation is---young Latina women coming to the US as immihrants---they are short---they are slight---they are weak---4'-8"---5'-0"height.

Enter the US---food is better more meat---better diet---they---they get pregnant---mother is still small in stature---but the baby inside is getting better diet---suddenly the baby is of normal size---which means a very difficult delivery---. Then babies grow up to be adults of normal stature---.

 

[namefield_empty]

Muscle mass and fat distribution are not dependent upon genetic factors?

The heritability of the genetic factors is subject to the effects of nutrition and numerous environmental factors to a varying extent.

 

[Buddhistforlife]

So was watching the T20 highlights and something just struck me

The modern Pakistani players looked significantly slighter than the English players. This was never the case in the 90s and early 2000s when many 6ft plus Pakistani cricketers would populate the team..Imran Khan,Wasim Akram,Inzamam,Ata ur Rehman,Sohail Taimoor, Mohammed Amir(though recent)

So what happened?

My theory is that the Pakistani build didnot deteriorate. It's just that after the boom of multi-million dollar contracts in the last 10 years, white countries are finally attracting the best physical talents to cricket, which were previously lost to football,rugby union,rugby league and Australian rules football

Thoughts?

PS: This is not meant to be a hate thread but a discussion on anthropology and sports economics among friends


I am very happy with the prominence of Shaheen Afridi, as Indians will finally realize that Western Pakistanis look nowhere near Indians, or are culturally close to Indians in anyways

I guess less than 6 feet shorter players these days are becoming more talented their taller counterparts.

 

[namefield_empty]

Hi,

NO-----.

Do some research on latin american women immigrating to the US and the babies they have in the US---.

Hello,

As i had mentioned, environmental factors(migration from Latin America to USA in your case) can help one achieve the full genetic potential, only if they were already genetically endowed in the first place.

I guess less than 6 feet shorter players these days are becoming more talented their taller counterparts.

Agility and cardiorespiratory endurance is a big issue for many of taller players unless they train hard for them.

 

[Buddhistforlife]

So was watching the T20 highlights and something just struck me

The modern Pakistani players looked significantly slighter than the English players. This was never the case in the 90s and early 2000s when many 6ft plus Pakistani cricketers would populate the team..Imran Khan,Wasim Akram,Inzamam,Ata ur Rehman,Sohail Taimoor, Mohammed Amir(though recent)

So what happened?

My theory is that the Pakistani build didnot deteriorate. It's just that after the boom of multi-million dollar contracts in the last 10 years, white countries are finally attracting the best physical talents to cricket, which were previously lost to football,rugby union,rugby league and Australian rules football

Thoughts?

PS: This is not meant to be a hate thread but a discussion on anthropology and sports economics among friends


I am very happy with the prominence of Shaheen Afridi, as Indians will finally realize that Western Pakistanis look nowhere near Indians, or are culturally close to Indians in anyways

India and Pakistan are very diverse nations. In Pakistan there are short, dark skinned people like the Makranis and in India fair skinned, tall people can be found in Northern India(Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Jammi etc). So not all Indians are dark neither all Pakistanis are fair. It depends on the ethnic group you belong to.

 

[Proudpakistaniguy]

Cricket is not rugby, wresling, volleyball etc you can be great bowler and batsman if you are not tall or dont look well build if you have technique and skills ..fast bowling speed is also useless if bowling is not accurate with good line and length