We were apparently the tallest country in the world just a century ago.

[babooshke]

source: https://ourworldindata.org/human-height

 

[babooshke]

Explains why Somalis raised on a proper western diet tend to be tall. Famine and poverty killed our numbers

 

[Guure]

No data in south sudan, south sudanese are crazy tall, especially the ones in the west

 

[babooshke]

No data in south sudan, south sudanese are crazy tall, especially the ones in the west

During this time Sudan counted as one and the northers fucked up the south’s numbers

we still number 1

 

[abdallah]

source: https://ourworldindata.org/human-height
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Waqooyi and Galbeed

Reer Konfurs are short farmers

 

[Mukhalas]

High carbs diet fucked us

Our forefathers had only xiliib iyo caano to eat.

 

[abdallah]

High carbs diet fucked us

Our forefathers had only xiliib iyo caano to eat.

We’re still tall wdym

 

[Mukhalas]

We’re still tall wdym

I reckon we're on average at least 3/4 inches shorters than our forefathers a century ago.

A diet of only xiliib and caano + hard manual labor does wonders to your body.

 

[babooshke]

We’re still tall wdym

If they had data for Somalia today,I’m sure even with famine, we’d still be top 20.

 

[The_Arab]

I reckon we're on average at least 3/4 inches shorters than our forefathers a century ago.

A diet of only xiliib and caano + hard manual labor does wonders to your body.

Are you talking about diaspora or back home? Because diaspora folks are generally a lot taller than 5'8

 

[Wakai]

High carbs diet fucked us

Our forefathers had only xiliib iyo caano to eat.

Since I was 14 , I have been eating vegetarian food and I am 1.92 m

 

[Mukhalas]

Are you talking about diaspora or back home? Because diaspora folks are generally a lot taller than 5'8

Geeljires back home who still live 100% nomadic lifestyle are 6'3/6'4. Urban population and diaspora are around 6'0 on average.

 

[Mukhalas]

Since I was 14 , I have been eating vegetarian food and I am 1.92 m

Maybe you were already at 95% of your height potential by 14.

Vegetarian diet over generations produce a nation of midgets, look at most indoyaars.

 

[abdallah]

Geeljires back home who still live 100% nomadic lifestyle are 6'3/6'4. Urban population and diaspora are around 6'0 on average.

I’m 6’3 and all my Adeers are 6’4+.
Apart from our Qollo from being Half Cag.dheer our Reer Miyi relatives are Tall af, I got this Adeer that’s 6’6

 

[Gabay]

Estonia is taller than Somalia on this map ok

 

[Mukhalas]

I’m 6’3 and all my Adeers are 6’4+.
Apart from our Qollo from being Half Cag.dheer our Reer Miyi relatives are Tall af, I got this Adeer that’s 6’6

Yeah rer miyi are usually much taller.

I'm 6'0 and my father, siblings and adeers are all around the same height while some of my miyi distant relative are 6'5.

 

[Yahya]

source: https://ourworldindata.org/human-height
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Famine fucked up our statistics. The west have just started to catch up with injected growth hormone food. But in all honesty the tallest in the world are an african Dinka tribe that are 6'5 on average with no genetically modified food or western diet. Imagine how tall the dinak would be with western genetically modified food if they reach 6'5 on avergae with milk and hilib.

They'd be giants like in the old days.

 

[The_Arab]

Geeljires back home who still live 100% nomadic lifestyle are 6'3/6'4. Urban population and diaspora are around 6'0 on average.

Diaspora are around 5'11 from what I've seen

Nomads are definitely not 6'3/6'4 that'd mean they're the tallest population on earth. City folks are normally around 5'8 (from my time in Somalia).

You're overestimating height

 

[Wakai]

Maybe you were already at 95% of your height potential by 14.

Vegetarian diet over generations produce a nation of midgets, look at most indoyaars.

Nonsense, balanced vegetarian diet is absolutely not to blame for your size. If I'm not mistaken, the size is genetically pre-programmed

 

[babooshke]

Nonsense, balanced vegetarian diet is absolutely not to blame for your size. If I'm not mistaken, the size is genetically pre-programmed

yeah, things like diet and sleep add very very little variation if at all.

the problem with Somalia wasn't diet, it was not having enough food at all