Human Heredity
Volume 33, Issue 2, 1983, Pages 73-78

A comparison of the body height of the Israeli-born and immigrants to Israel (Article)

Tartakovsky M.B. , Carel R.S.* , Luz Y.
  • a Occupational Health and Rehabilitation Institute at Loewenstein Hospital, Raanana, Israel
  • b MOR Institute for Medical Data, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • c Occupational Health and Rehabilitation Institute at Loewenstein Hospital, Raanana, Israel

Abstract

This paper reports a study of body height in the adult Jewish population of Israel, comparing native-born with immigrant groups. The sample tested included 1, 411 men and 961 women, all clinically healthy according to the results of multiphasic screening. The phenomenon observed in other immigration-absorbing countries also holds for Israel: native Israelis are significantly taller than their immigrant counterparts. The findings were verified over different age and working activity strata, and thus may be taken to reflect the influence of better socioeconomic and environmental conditions on the bodily development of those born in Israel. © 1983 S. Karger AG, Basel.

Author Keywords

immigrants Secular trend Height Growth Anthropometry

Index Keywords

heredity male comparative study female growth geographic distribution normal human immigrant Africa Jews Israel Americas normal value body height Europe human human experiment Asia
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DOI: 10.1159/000153354
ISSN: 00015652
Cited by: 9
Original Language: English