The Dutch are the world’s tallest people – but they are shrinking
Diminution is partly explained by immigration, but mystery surrounds why people with exclusively Dutch roots are also getting shorterBIAS COVERAGE DISTRIBUTION
Tall tale: world-beating Dutch are getting shorter
The world's tallest country is shrinking.
Not just a tall story: the Dutch really are shrinking, statistics agency confirms
Poorer diet may explain why the lofty lowlanders are at least 1cm shorter than the previous generation
World's tallest country 'getting shorter'
The generation of Dutch people born in 2001 is shorter than the one born in 1980, a study by the country's statistics office has claimed.
The Dutch are the world’s tallest people – but they are shrinking
Diminution is partly explained by immigration, but mystery surrounds why people with exclusively Dutch roots are also getting shorter
Tall tale: world-beating Dutch are getting shorter - France 24
Tall tale: world-beating Dutch are getting shorter
Tall tale: world-beating Dutch are getting shorter
The world's tallest country is shrinking.
Tall tails: Dutch are getting shorter - DutchNews.nl
Although the Dutch are still the tallest people in the world, they are shrinking. A report from Dutch statistics office the CBS shows that the generation born in around 1980 was the tallest, with an average man measuring 183.9cm compared with the average 175.6cm of the generation born in 1930. Women born in 1980 were also 5.3cm taller than the class of 1930, measuring 170.7cm. However, the current generation of 19-year-old men are on average 1cm…
CBS: The Dutch remain the tallest people in the world, but we are getting a bit smaller
Women are on average 1.4 centimeters shorter than in 1980, men 1 centimeter.
Biological limit? World-tallest Dutch are getting shorter
Nothing lasts forever, they say. Apparently, that goes for every aspect of life, as it looks like the world's tallest country is shrinking. The...
After years of growth spurt, the Dutch are on average getting smaller again
The average Dutch person is getting smaller and smaller. Women born in 2001 are on average 1.4 centimeters shorter than the generation from 1980, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) reported Friday on the basis of figures from its own health surveys and those of the GGDs and the RIVM. For men, that difference is 1 centimeter.
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