• Question: why are some people so tall and some people so small?

    Asked by Adiboo to Andy, Duane, Giovanna, Katie, Theresia on 12 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Duane Mellor

      Duane Mellor answered on 12 Nov 2014:

      This is a combination of genetics and our environment.
      Some people are naturally going to be a smaller or taller, but then this is effected by nutrition and illness as we grow up

    • Photo: Andrew Philp

      Andrew Philp answered on 13 Nov 2014:

      Genetics and evolution i would guess. Nutrition will also effect this as your body needs lots of key nutrients during development, if restricted then this will effect growth.

    • Photo: Katie Pickering

      Katie Pickering answered on 14 Nov 2014:

      Genetics. If your parents are both tall you are more than likely goig to be tall unless there is some factor that whle you were developing in the womb has prevented you from growing as tall. If one parent is really tall ans the other not so tall it will depend on the dominant genes when you were devleoping as an unborn baby.

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