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Mean Height of 19yo Males in Select Countries, 1985-2019 (i.redd.it)

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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 19 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Improved health conditions. The start of the curve is around '91, and given this graph is for 19yos it's probably some change around '72. I don't know which change.

[–] zwerg@feddit.org 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Mao died in '76. This wasn't some great achievement, but the end of one of the most catastrophic policies any country has submitted its own population to.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Mao died in '76. This wasn’t some great achievement, but the end of one of the most catastrophic policies any country has submitted its own population to.

Nah. Even if we eyeball the start of the curve, like I did, it clearly starts way before 1976+19 = 1995:

And upon further inspection even my eyeballed 1991 is a bit too late; 1969+19 = 1988 would make a better fit. It's something that happened before the 70s.

[–] cornishon@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 days ago

Life expectamcy in China doubled under Mao.

Life expectancy is declining under both Biden and Trump in the USA.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Better diet, mostly.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 3 points 2 days ago

Possible, but "better diet" on its own should apply to all five.

Another interesting bit in that pic is India. It was in a rather steep curve up from before '85 to ~'92[?]. Then it dropped, stagnated, started climbing back.