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世界身高排名出爐 荷蘭男性及拉脫維亞女性位居第一

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When it comes to height, Dutch men and Latvian women tower over all other nationalities, a new study confirms. The average Dutchman is now 183cm (6ft) tall, while the average Latvian woman reaches 170cm (5ft 7in).

日前一項最新研究證實,當談到身高問題時,荷蘭男性和拉脫維亞女性要遠遠高於其他國家。荷蘭男性目前平均身高爲183釐米(6英尺),拉脫維亞女性的平均身高則爲170釐米(5英尺7英寸)。

The research, published in the journal eLife, has tracked growth trends in 187 countries since 1914.

這份研究被刊載在《eLife》雜誌上,自從1914年以來,這份研究一直在跟蹤187個國家的成長趨勢。

It finds Iranian men and South Korean women have had the biggest spurts, increasing their height by an average of more than 16cm (6in) and 20cm (8in).

該研究發現,伊朗男性和韓國女性的身高增長幅度最大,平均身高增長分別超過了16釐米(6英寸)和20釐米(8英寸)。

In the UK, the sexes have gone up virtually in parallel by about 11cm (4in). "Mr Average" in Britain is now 178cm (5ft 10in) tall; Ms Average stands at 164cm (5ft 5in).

在英國,男性和女性的身高增長量幾乎持平,大約都爲11釐米(4英寸)。英國男性平均身高爲178釐米(5英尺10英寸),而英國女性的平均身高則爲164釐米(5英尺5英寸)。

世界身高排名出爐 荷蘭男性及拉脫維亞女性位居第一

This contrasts for example with men and women in the US, where the height of the nation's people started to plateau in the 1960s and 1970s. Over the century, they have seen increases of just 6cm and 5cm (a couple of inches), respectively.

與此相比,美國人的身高增長幅度卻不太大,美國人的身高在20世紀60年代和70年代的時候停滯不前。在過去的一個世紀裏,美國男性和女性的身高分別只增長了6釐米和5釐米(兩英寸)。

Indeed, Americans have tumbled down the rankings. Back in 1914, they had the third tallest men and fourth tallest women on the planet. Today they are in 37th and 42nd place.

事實上,美國人的排名已經有所下降了。在1914年的時候,美國男性的身高在全球排名第三,美國女性則排名第四。而現在,美國男性僅僅排名第37位,女性排名第42位。

The smallest men on the planet are to be found in East Timor (160cm; 5ft 3in). The world's smallest women are in Guatemala, a status they also held back in 1914. According to the survey data, a century ago the average Guatemalan 18-year-old female was 140cm (4ft 7in). Today she has still not quite reached 150cm (4ft 11in).

而東帝汶的男性爲全球最矮,僅爲160釐米(5英尺3英寸)。危地馬拉的女性爲全球最矮,與她們1914年的全球身高排名相比沒有變化。據調查數據顯示,一個世紀以前,危地馬拉18歲女性的平均身高是140釐米(4英尺7英寸)。直至今日,她們也還沒有完全達到150釐米(4英尺11英寸)高。

East Asia has seen some of the biggest increases. People in Japan, China and South Korea are much taller than they were 100 years ago.

東亞一些國家增長幅度最大。日本、中國和韓國的居民要比他們100年前高多了。

"The parts of the world where people haven't got particularly taller over this 100 years of analysis are in South Asia (such as India, Pakistan and Bangladesh) and in sub-Saharan Africa. Here the increase in height is between 1-6cm in those regions," explained co-author James Bentham from Imperial College London.

來自帝國理工大學的聯合作者詹姆斯·本瑟姆解釋道:“通過對過去100年數據的分析,我們發現世界上有些地方的人並沒有特別地長高多少,這些地方包括南亞(如印度、巴基斯坦和孟加拉國)和撒哈拉以南非洲地區。這些地區的身高增長量只有1-6釐米。”