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To: dangus

Haven’t seen any stats on that, though I’d be shocked if those of Peruvian descent, for example, born in the US reach the national average.

But of course a lot of our Hispanic youth weren’t born here and there is overall a sizable difference for Mexican Americans, for example:

https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-hlth-adults-height-weight-20181220-story.html


48 posted on 08/20/2019 6:10:10 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

Meh, I remember when everyone thought Asians were short. Now, Japanese and Chinese kids are as tall as Germans. Given the huge surge of immigrants over the last 20 years, dropping 1/10th of an inch hardly means anything, when some of these immigrants are in the 4-foot range.


69 posted on 08/20/2019 7:48:02 AM PDT by dangus
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