# How Nutrition Affects Height: The Dutch, Korea and the Dinka

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- Source language: English
- Duration: 1:53
- Published: 2026-11-08
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AnOLqbyjTbCT/en/how-nutrition-affects-height-the-dutch-korea-and-the-dinka

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AnOLqbyjTbCT/en/how-nutrition-affects-height-the-dutch-korea-and-the-dinka) Did you know the Dutch went from some of the shortest people in Europe to the tallest in the world?

[0:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AnOLqbyjTbCT/en/how-nutrition-affects-height-the-dutch-korea-and-the-dinka?t=5) Well, if height is only genetics, then how did that happen?

[0:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AnOLqbyjTbCT/en/how-nutrition-affects-height-the-dutch-korea-and-the-dinka?t=10) To find out, let's look at three other countries.

[0:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AnOLqbyjTbCT/en/how-nutrition-affects-height-the-dutch-korea-and-the-dinka?t=12) One, South Korea. In just one century, its women grew eight inches taller as the country got richer and ate better.

[0:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AnOLqbyjTbCT/en/how-nutrition-affects-height-the-dutch-korea-and-the-dinka?t=20) Two, North Korea. Same genes as the South, but after years of hunger, its young men are about two inches shorter, and seven-year-olds up to five inches.

[0:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AnOLqbyjTbCT/en/how-nutrition-affects-height-the-dutch-korea-and-the-dinka?t=29) Three, the Dinka of South Sudan. In the 1950s, their men averaged almost six feet.

[0:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AnOLqbyjTbCT/en/how-nutrition-affects-height-the-dutch-korea-and-the-dinka?t=36) After decades of war and hunger, Dinka refugees measured in the '90s averaged about five foot nine.

[0:42](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AnOLqbyjTbCT/en/how-nutrition-affects-height-the-dutch-korea-and-the-dinka?t=42) Same tribe, same genes, two inches gone.

[0:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AnOLqbyjTbCT/en/how-nutrition-affects-height-the-dutch-korea-and-the-dinka?t=45) So what's the difference? The plate. In a study of 105 countries, the tallest nations got the most protein from milk, cheese, and meat.

[0:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AnOLqbyjTbCT/en/how-nutrition-affects-height-the-dutch-korea-and-the-dinka?t=53) The shortest lived where meals are mostly rice with very little protein.

[0:57](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AnOLqbyjTbCT/en/how-nutrition-affects-height-the-dutch-korea-and-the-dinka?t=57) And scientists think that's exactly what happened to the Dutch.

[1:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AnOLqbyjTbCT/en/how-nutrition-affects-height-the-dutch-korea-and-the-dinka?t=60) As the country got richer, milk, cheese, and meat became everyday food.

[1:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AnOLqbyjTbCT/en/how-nutrition-affects-height-the-dutch-korea-and-the-dinka?t=65) So genes are one key to your height. But while your growth plates are still open, food is the biggest key you control.

[1:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AnOLqbyjTbCT/en/how-nutrition-affects-height-the-dutch-korea-and-the-dinka?t=72) That's why you need protein at every meal: milk, eggs, fish, meat, or beans.

[1:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AnOLqbyjTbCT/en/how-nutrition-affects-height-the-dutch-korea-and-the-dinka?t=77) And don't skip meals while you're still growing.

[1:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AnOLqbyjTbCT/en/how-nutrition-affects-height-the-dutch-korea-and-the-dinka?t=79) Tag a short friend and tell him to stop eating cereal if he wants to grow taller.

[1:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AnOLqbyjTbCT/en/how-nutrition-affects-height-the-dutch-korea-and-the-dinka?t=85) If you're tired of being the shortest in class, comparing yourself to everyone, and never knowing what to eat or what to do, you're not alone.

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[1:36](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/AnOLqbyjTbCT/en/how-nutrition-affects-height-the-dutch-korea-and-the-dinka?t=96) It's built on science and real experience.

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