Studies say that malnutrition affects the length of children

Malnutrition for children in schools can be contributing to the 20cm long differences in various countries.

Reports say that in 2019, 19-year-olds lived in the Netherlands, at 183. 8cm and in February were living in Timor Leste, at 160.1cm.

Meanwhile, Britain fell from its global height ranking, with 19-year-olds ranked 39th in length in 2019 of 1.78m, while in 1983 it was ranked 28.

The study is prepared by The Lancet.

Researchers say that observing the changes in the weight and length of children in the world is important because it can reflect on the quality of nutrition and how healthy the environments are for young people.

The team has studied data from more than 65 million children and teenagers between the ages of 5 and 19, from more than 2 thousand studies between 1985 and 2019.

They found that in 2019, on average, children and teenagers in northwest and central Europe are the longest in the world.

Meanwhile, the world's 19-year-olds were found to be the people living in South and South East Asia, Latin America and East Africa, reports the BBC.