The direct relationship between the poor diet of children and the decreasing average height and increasing weight of the school-aged children is found by the Imperial College, London, United Kingdom's global study. The study has found out that the height and weight of the school-aged children vary across the globe. The gap of nearly 20cm (7.9inches) between the tallest and the shortest countries was the result of the poor diets of children. The study has found that children at the age of five, declared healthy as per the standards set by WHO shows massive decrease over the course of the year.
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Nearly 65 million children aged 5 to 19 years old in a total of 193 countries where involved in the research. The 20cm gap between the tallest and the shortest countries represented an 8 year growth gap for girls and a 6 year growth gap for boys, was found after the study on data. Example, the average height of a 19-year-old Bangladeshi girl was similar to the height of an 11-year-old boy from the Netherlands. The study looked Body Mass Index (BMI) of child to determine the health status.
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Depending on the data collected between 1985 to 2019, the tallest 19-year-olds in 2019 belonged to the northwest and central Europe, including the Netherlands, Montenegro, Denmark and Iceland. contrarily, south and southeast Asia, Latin America and East Africa, including Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea, Guatemala and Bangladesh were the shortest 19-year-olds in 2019. The researchers have been able to reflect on the role, importance and current input of nutrition, vitamins and minerals in a child's meal through this study. It is believed that the countries will be motivated to decrease the price of the nutritious food, for the sake of the children who are the future of their country.
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