geographic correlates of height such as local poverty rate, median income, and population density. We find that after adjusting … for variables known to influence height such as income and education, population density is negatively correlated with … height among white men, but only marginally among white women. Similar analysis of Body Mass Index (BMI) also shows a …

Height is consulted as a latent indicator of early nutrition and lifetime health status. Height is observed to increase …. Height is determined by genetic make up and realized in part through satisfactory nutrition and health related care and … dominated by the genetic variation in height, and appear to understate substantially the human capital returns to health and …