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As Albania’s economic fortunes have improved over the last three decades, so has the average height of its citizens, as shown by the above map. While Albania catches up with its neighbors, the study discussed in Biology clearly indicates that “height means in the Western Balkans are among the highest that have ever been documented in any human group,” and judging from recent improvements in the local economies and nutritional situation, “the region… has not yet reached its maximum potential in terms of physical stature.”
Soon, well-nourished males in Herzegovina and Dalmatia could reach average heights of around 190 cm, the researchers predict. And the Montenegrins? “Judging from the measurements of recruits in the capital Podgorica born during the 1960s, the height of Montenegrin men has been increasing at the rate of 1.7 cm per decade.”
The Dutch already are at the top of the “protein index,” a ratio between the daily supply of proteins from dairy and pork/wheat, which is the strongest nutritional predictor of height. That index is generally still very low in the Western Balkans. So it looks like the Dinaric Mountains will continue to bring forth even taller giants, firmly relegating the Dutch to the title of “formerly tallest people in the world.”
Tldr: Much of dutch height can be attributed to their 1# rank in the protein index.
Balkans don't consume nowhere near as much protein but they're as much as tall.
As balkan economy develop they'll heightmog the dutch into submission
