Studies have proven the three factors that contribute to human's body height - genetics, socioeconomic, and environment. This is determined by analyzing one's body height and those factors stated. We will discuss those one by one.
Numerous genes have been suspected to cause growth disorders and if it inhibit or maximize ones growth. Genetics can be the primary factor for human height increase. A family with a tall father and a medium height mother most probably will have an offspring with an average height. However, if both parents are tall, then the same can be anticipated with their offspring. This pattern is generally observed through the years.
Environmental factors that affect human heigh increase mainly concerns about the nutrition and diseases during a human's early years in life. This is important because early nutrition and the ability of the body to cope with illness contributes to growth in a major way. Only a child in a good healthy environment can achieve his full growth potential. However, studies show that prenatal nutrition has not been proven to have an effect to one's height as the child grows.
Studies have also shown that socioeconomic differences in height increase are important. Taller people tend to belong to higher socioeconomic status while those in lower positions tend to be smaller. Researches have learned that the socioeconomic position of the family is directly associated with the stature of its offspring. After determining the height of the children, the father's social stature, the parent's educational attainment and family income determines a family's social stature. Associated with stature is the environment it belongs to. As stated in the previous factor, nutrition is essential. Obviously richer families can provide better nutrition to their children. They have conducted the research all over the world - comparing statistics to both rich and poor countries.
By: Frank Hurtt
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