Shorter and lighter they grow

[bluesky]

Shorter and lighter they grow

An Imperial College London study has come up with a comparative average growth of school-aged children between five and 19 years across countries. Published online in the prestigious Lancet, the differences in average height and weight are simply staggering. The tallest 19-year-olds -- both boys an

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Shorter and lighter they grow
Neil Ray | Published: November 08, 2020 22:07:52

An Imperial College London study has come up with a comparative average growth of school-aged children between five and 19 years across countries. Published online in the prestigious Lancet, the differences in average height and weight are simply staggering. The tallest 19-year-olds -- both boys and girls --are in the Netherlands and their counterparts in East Timor and Guatemala are the shortest with a height difference of 23.7 centimetre and 19.5 centimetre respectively. While the average height of a 19-year-old boy in the Netherlands is 183.8 cm, it is 160.1 cm for such a boy in East Timor. The average height of a Dutch girl at this age is 170.4 cm and for a Guatemalan girl it is 150.9 cm.

Now where does this school-aged children group in Bangladesh find itself? The average height of boys here is 165.1 cm --- 18.7 cm shorter than their Dutch counterparts and 5.3 cm shorter than even Dutch girls. Girls' height in Bangladesh is 151. 4 cm and no wonder both boys and girls find their place among the 10 countries with the shortest adolescents. What is particularly worrying is that an 11-year-old Dutch girl reaches the height a Bangladeshi or Guatemalan girl does at the age of 19.

If the height inequality is not enough, there is the disproportionate Body Mass Index (BMI) to make a pathetic commentary on child health in Africa's sub-Saharan, South Asian and Latin American countries. The reason behind stunted growth and lopsided height to weight ratio is lack of nutritious and balanced foods. The BMI of South Asian countries -- India and Bangladesh scoring especially poorly -- is the lowest.

What is significant is that children up to age five in many countries have height and weight in the WHO-prescribed range but it is in the school-age years they fail to live up to the standard benchmarks. Evidently, lack of adequate and healthy foods and environment at this age stands in their way to achieving the desirable growth. In this context, it should be noted that excessive, unbalanced and what is called fast foods can be no less harmful than insufficient quality diet. Scanty and nutrition-deficit foods lead to less body weight and overeating or regular consumption of fast foods causes obesity.

The average Bangladeshi children may score poorly on BMI, but in a segment of society, particularly in the large cities, they are becoming obese. It is because of lack of awareness of healthy foods. The moneyed class mostly spoil their school-going children by allowing them to eat take-away or processed foods on a regular basis. The teenagers get as much pocket money as they demand to feast in groups on the additive and trans fat-filled items from fast food corners or outlets. The fact that children are also developing diabetes and heart complications bears witness to the bad food habits.

However, the majority of the adolescents here suffer from underweight because of paucity of foods and lack of the nutritious kind. Various initiatives taken by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with governments all across the globe has been able to reduce child mortality to a significant number. Bangladesh is also a high performer on this score. But the focus has been mostly on babies and children up to five years old.
Now is the time for governments, particularly the ones like that of Bangladesh, to target the children in the five to 19 age group for improving their dietary intake.

There is a need for a policy guideline to make adequately nutritious foods available to this generation even if it calls for subsidy. China and South Korea have proved generations can grow taller. An average Chinese boy in 2019 has grown 8.0 cm taller than in 1985. If China can do this so can Bangladesh.

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[Shorisrip]

It's a nutritional issue for sure. The large gap between South Asians and Europeans wasn't present just a 100 years ago. Even today, some groups (Punjabis, Kashmiris, Pashtuns etc) have European-level heights. The malnutrition situation in Bangladesh will be fixed with rising wages, and decreasing poverty. The average height will of course take at least 3 generations to go up significantly. Urban middle/upper class Bangladeshis don't really have the problem, and you can see a lot of tall kids around. I was always tall as a kid, but am now 6 2 / 188 cm in my early twenties while my younger brother (still in highschool) is 6 3 / 191 cm and will probably grow, so its not a genetic threshold that we can't cross but a dietary one.

 

[bluesky]

It's a nutritional issue for sure. The large gap between South Asians and Europeans wasn't present just a 100 years ago. Even today, some groups (Punjabis, Kashmiris, Pashtuns etc) have European-level heights. The malnutrition situation in Bangladesh will be fixed with rising wages, and decreasing poverty. The average height will of course take at least 3 generations to go up significantly. Urban middle/upper class Bangladeshis don't really have the problem, and you can see a lot of tall kids around. I was always tall as a kid, but am now 6 2 / 188 cm in my early twenties while my younger brother (still in highschool) is 6 3 / 191 cm and will probably grow, so its not a genetic threshold that we can't cross but a dietary one.

Historically, northern Indian people have been taller than the southerners. It is also same with western Indian (read Pakistanis) and eastern Indians (read Bangladeshis). Same was true in China north and China South.

North and west Indians' staple food is basically wheat and southern and eastern Indians eat more rice. This is going on for a few thousand years and the result is rice-eating area people grow shorter than the wheat-eating populace.

Other than this, north and western India have a lot of buffalo milk that gives additional nutrition to the children there. BD lacks milk and to my surprise, people still eat breakfast with rice and Daal.

It means, on average, people in BD eat rice three times which may be the main reason for the children's stunting that may not be rectified in the next 500 years unless people change their food habits.

Chinese people's food habits have changed. Both north and south people eat nowadays almost similar types of food because of economic development throughout the country. As a result, the difference has been almost eliminated.

 

[Shorisrip]

Historically, northern Indian people have been taller than the southerners. It is also same with western Indian (read Pakistanis) and eastern Indians (read Bangladeshis). Same was true in China north and China South.

North and west Indians' staple food is basically wheat and southern and eastern Indians eat more rice. This is going on for a few thousand years and the result is rice-eating area people grow shorter than the wheat-eating populace.

Other than this, north and western India have a lot of buffalo milk that gives additional nutrition to the children there. BD lacks milk and to my surprise, people still eat breakfast with rice and Daal.

It means, on average, people in BD eat rice three times which may be the main reason for the children's stunting that may not be rectified in the next 500 years unless people change their food habits.

Chines people's food habits have changed. Both north and south people eat similar foods. As a result, the difference has been eliminated.

This is true, but even in India you'll see in national rankings, Malayalis/Keralites are third (after Punjabis and Kashmiris), and groups like Tamils for e.g. are higher on the list than are people from the undeveloped Hindi belt or relatively prosperous states with dietary issues like Gujarat, and not to mention genetically hindered North-east India. Of course, diet plays a very important part, but so do socioeconomic conditions. Getting some type of adequate food is better than getting no type of food. Genetic threshold is also a thing, and today you'll see that Koreans who were taller than the Japanese historically before Japan industrialized, but shorter a few decades ago, are growing much taller now and current Korean youth/young population are taller than their Japanese counterparts. I don't think Bangladesh's malnutrition is a worrying case as of now. As long we keep improving in our socio-economic condition, height/weight will reach healthy standards.

 

[retaxis]

Part of it is nutrition and part genetics. Africans who are starving are like all 6 foot tall lol. But then again South Koreans are taller than North Koreans because of nutrition while Northern Chinese who eat a lot of grain are tallest in Asia.

 

[Indos]

Being a bit short is not really a problem anymore in this modern warfare. US for instant prefer shorter soldier.

Indonesian and USA soldier

 

[SpaceMan18]

Bangladesh will eventually start to hopefully eat wheat based foods and drink milk once it becomes near developed. It will come naturally hopefully, again Bangaldesh isn't developed and the food quality also sûcks.

Daal and rice ain't gonna get you anywhere

I'm 5'9.5 , drinking milk as a child

Being a bit short is not really a problem anymore in this modern warfare. US for instant prefer shorter soldier.

Indonesian and USA soldier

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Nice gear ngl , are they Marines or Army ?

 

[Indos]

Nice gear ngl , are they Marines or Army ?

Army, infantry. Raider units.

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Raider infantry battalions


In the Indonesian Army, the Raider Infantry (In Indonesia known as Yonif Raider) is a type of specialized-infantry above of regular infantry which are trained to conduct Raids, military extraction (hostage rescue), counter-terrorist, airborne, Guerrilla and Air assault operations.

It also is trained to conduct urban and jungle warfare.[3] The first ten battalions of the raider infantry which were inaugurated on December 22, 2003, were formed by transforming 8 battalions of territorial commands and 2 Kostrad battalions. As a counterweight force, the strength of a Raider Infantry Battalion (Yonif Raider) is equivalent to three times the strength of an ordinary/regular infantry battalion (Yonif) in the Army. This infantry unit is back grounded with "Raid" battle tactics known as "Depredation".

Each Raider battalion consists of approximately 810 personnel of all ranks, larger than the normal battalions of around 570 infantrymen. These personnel were given special education and training for six months for modern warfare, guerrilla and anti-guerrilla warfare, and protracted warfare tactics and strategies. Each of these battalions is trained to have triple combat capabilities of ordinary infantry battalions (Yonifs).

Raider infantrymen are trained to perform ambushes, airborne and air assault operations, such as foray from helicopters and transport aircraft, while Raider infantrymen in the mechanized battalions are also trained in mechanized and urban warfare operations. 50 personnel each in a Raider battalion are Counter-terrorism qualified with other additional specialized skills.

The Kopassus Special Forces Education and Training Center ("Pusdikpassus") located in Batujajar, West Java is where Raider infantrymen get their advance special operations training before being stationed to their respective Raider battalions.

Aside from the Raider battalions, the Indonesian Army also fosters "Para-Raider" battalions which are Raider infantry units qualified as Airborne which all are within the Kostrad corps. There are also Raider infantry battalions which are Mechanised (Mekanis Raider) in the Army, the units are the 411th, 412th, and 413th Mechanized-Raider Infantry Battalions which are part of the 6th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Kostrad Infantry Division and the 113th Raider Infantry Battalion (Mechanized) from the 25th Infantry Brigade, Kodam Iskandar Muda.

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Regular Indonesian Army gear will look like this

KOSTRAD corp (biggest and most modern/well equip corps). All of Leopard MBT tanks are in the hand of this corps. Airborne unit in Army. 35.000-40.000 personnel.

Kopassus (Army special force). 8000 personnel strength.

For military operation like in Papua, all Armed Force unit will get adequate gear like anti bullet vest

Army troops preparation for Papua deployment

 

[SpaceMan18]

Army, infantry. Raider units.

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Raider infantry battalions


In the Indonesian Army, the Raider Infantry (In Indonesia known as Yonif Raider) is a type of specialized-infantry above of regular infantry which are trained to conduct Raids, military extraction (hostage rescue), counter-terrorist, airborne, Guerrilla and Air assault operations.

It also is trained to conduct urban and jungle warfare.[3] The first ten battalions of the raider infantry which were inaugurated on December 22, 2003, were formed by transforming 8 battalions of territorial commands and 2 Kostrad battalions. As a counterweight force, the strength of a Raider Infantry Battalion (Yonif Raider) is equivalent to three times the strength of an ordinary/regular infantry battalion (Yonif) in the Army. This infantry unit is back grounded with "Raid" battle tactics known as "Depredation".

Each Raider battalion consists of approximately 810 personnel of all ranks, larger than the normal battalions of around 570 infantrymen. These personnel were given special education and training for six months for modern warfare, guerrilla and anti-guerrilla warfare, and protracted warfare tactics and strategies. Each of these battalions is trained to have triple combat capabilities of ordinary infantry battalions (Yonifs).

Raider infantrymen are trained to perform ambushes, airborne and air assault operations, such as foray from helicopters and transport aircraft, while Raider infantrymen in the mechanized battalions are also trained in mechanized and urban warfare operations. 50 personnel each in a Raider battalion are Counter-terrorism qualified with other additional specialized skills.

The Kopassus Special Forces Education and Training Center ("Pusdikpassus") located in Batujajar, West Java is where Raider infantrymen get their advance special operations training before being stationed to their respective Raider battalions.

Aside from the Raider battalions, the Indonesian Army also fosters "Para-Raider" battalions which are Raider infantry units qualified as Airborne which all are within the Kostrad corps. There are also Raider infantry battalions which are Mechanised (Mekanis Raider) in the Army, the units are the 411th, 412th, and 413th Mechanized-Raider Infantry Battalions which are part of the 6th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Kostrad Infantry Division and the 113th Raider Infantry Battalion (Mechanized) from the 25th Infantry Brigade, Kodam Iskandar Muda.

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Regular Indonesian Army gear will look like this

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KOSTRAD corp (biggest and most modern/well equip corps). All of Leopard MBT tanks are in the hand of this corps. Airborne unit in Army. 35.000-40.000 personnel.

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Kopassus (Army special force). 8000 personnel strength.

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For military operation like in Papua, all Armed Force unit will get adequate gear like anti bullet vest

Army troops preparation for Papua deployment

These guys look very well equipped and badàss

 

[Nike]

Dutch most likely abandon their MBT because they are too big nowadays to be fitted on such crampy machines, and that's tell us about how modern 8X8 IFV is become bigger and had taller roof nowadays

 

[SpaceMan18]

Dutch most likely abandon their MBT because they are too big nowadays to be fitted on such crampy machines, and that's tell us about how modern 8X8 IFV is become bigger and had taller roof nowadays

Yeah sadly their height is affecting military vehicles , plus in combat taller people probably can't hide easily.

tall has its own cons

 

[Nike]

Yeah sadly their height is affecting military vehicles , plus in combat taller people probably can't hide easily.

tall has its own cons

Our President is 175 cm tall, but still less one head taller against Dutch king. They are the most tallest society in earth