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I really wish I could read about the nutrition breakdown somewhere. I've heard some doctors say that just being able to eat everyday would let you reach your nutrition height. But is it really just eating everyday? How much does the actual diet factor into that?

Are many urban Indians vegetarians still? I'm really curious to know if vegetarian, urban Indians are still that much taller than rural Indians. I blame myself for losing height because I went vegetarian at an early age. It'd be nice to get that off my mind if it played almost no part in my final adult height.

That's not entirely true, what about protein? thought it is true to some extent (that is to say that having healthy appetite and eating per that is good), but that's why I used the word 'lifestyle', take my example - I ate less (like freakishly less) not because I did not have access to food, but had low appetite then i started playing some sports and appetite grew but it was too late, and on top of that all I ate was vegetable curry, bread, rice, and very occasionally some milk and some cereals ( so no adequate protein) i realized that the diet was no good when I was 20 and started eating eggs, but it was too late.

And NO, most urban people now are turning to eating meat in India, even my friends who do not eat meat at home, all of them eat loads of meat outside everyday, just to save face at home they show they don't (even their fathers eat meat outside) and many families that are traditionally vegetarian have long back started eating meat because they realized meat is easiest way to protein. Also note that urban well to do (and even well to do rural) indians eat better quality veg food like paneer (dairy), cereals etc. which thought not as big a protein source as meat, is still better than vegetable curries

[Purushrottam]

I really wish I could read about the nutrition breakdown somewhere. I've heard some doctors say that just being able to eat everyday would let you reach your nutrition height. But is it really just eating everyday? How much does the actual diet factor into that?

Are many urban Indians vegetarians still? I'm really curious to know if vegetarian, urban Indians are still that much taller than rural Indians. I blame myself for losing height because I went vegetarian at an early age. It'd be nice to get that off my mind if it played almost no part in my final adult height.

I don't think just eating everyday is enough. What you eat also matters. The low income Indian diet is heavy on carbs and low on proteins and calcium.  Thankfully thats changing with rising affluence. My grandparents were upper middle class when growing up but had absolutely ZERO access to milk and vegetables during their formative years. They were also living in conditions where early childhood disease was common. Imagine what the poorer people in India were having (hint: probably one meal a day or less of rice). They ended up 4'11 - 5'. I was 'naturally' 5'6". My cousins who grew up in the west are 5'9" to 6'+. Genetically, I should be much shorter than I am.

The taller countries have a greater portion of dairy in their diets. Dairy is relatively expensive (especially in places where cold storage chains are not widespread).

Ironically, the majority of Indians are non vegetarians. However vegetarians are overrepresented in the higher socioeconomic strata in Indian society. Being vegetarian is not a big deal for height if the protein and calcium requirements are met (rice + lentils + milk is good).

Don't bother racking your mind with things that are out of your control now.

[HateLAPELoveSTEM]

Bodybuilder, I appreciate your contribution to this forum, but this is factually incorrect. In Western populations, height will be 80% genetic because most people in the West have similar levels of medical access and nutrition. Even low income families get enough nutrition for it to not impact height.

If height was over 90% genetic, South Koreans would not be 3 inches taller than North Koreans and  rural Indians would not be3-4 inches shorter than urban Indians. In populations with unequal access to healthcare and nutrition, a significantly lower portion of height is genetic.

He said 'Only people "sith hgh deficit" didn't get their potencial height', and recall that there were many people deficit of hgh because of malnutrition, diseases, and so on, and after the people in those countries could have 'not bad' lives, the ratio of the patients of hgh deficiency very significantly declined.