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Growth plates are easy to identify on an X-ray because they are softer and contain less mineral content than standard bone. That makes them appear darker than the rest of the skeleton on the X-ray image. They look different at each age – thanks to that, a doctor can determine bone maturity by simply reviewing its appearance. Then, the image is compared with the closest matching image from an atlas.

The single most significant factor here is genetics. However, environmental aspects still have a lot of impact on the child's height! Let's take a look at a few crucial points: Across the world, this relative difference between the sexes can vary from only 2-3% to over 12%. Regionally, the gap in mean height between men and women is smallest across Sub-Saharan Africa: there, many countries lie below the global average difference of 7%.Because the effect of better material living standards is to make people taller, human height is used as an indirect measure for living standards. It is especially relevant for the study of living conditions in periods for which little or no other data is available – what historians refer to as the pre-statistical period. The following map shows the ratio of male-to-female average heights across the world. Globally, the ratio is 1.07, meaning that on average, men are about 7% taller than women. Ayuda, M. I., & Puche-Gil, J. (2014). Determinants of height and biological inequality in Mediterranean Spain, 1859–1967. Economics & Human Biology, 15, 101-119.

Children fighting disease have higher nutritional requirements during a period when nutrients are less available. As such, high incidences of disease should lead to shorter average heights. We see this distribution of heights in the chart. As an aggregate of the regions with available data – Europe, North America, Australia, and East Asia – they found the mean male height to be 178.4 centimeters (cm) in the most recent cohort (born between 1980 and 1994). 41 The standard deviation was 7.59 cm. This means 68% of men were between 170.8 and 186 cm tall; 95% were between 163.2 and 193.6 cm. Women were smaller on average, with a mean height of 164.7 cm, and standard deviation of 7.07 cm. This means 68% of women were between 157.6 and 171.8 cm; and 95% between 150.6 and 178.84 cm.That being said, there are environmental factors that can affect the height of a child. Some of these may be within the control of the child, while many may not. Nutrition and health of the mother during pregnancy can affect the height of their unborn child. Nutrition as well as exercise after birth can also affect height. If you’re not big on making Pentel pen marks on your wall, then the I’m As Big As Height Chart is a pretty good alternative. It’s also fun because it sort of puts your child’s height (and yours, too) in context with some real world objects. A study published in Nature examined the recent stagnation of heights in the Netherlands, the tallest population in the world. 11