The biggest people on the planet

Humanity likes to make different ratings.in all areas of your life. “The best comedies about love”, “The most terrible books”, “The most reliable car brands”. We are interested in any unusual representatives of the human race. The tallest and heaviest, the fastest and most hairy, the smallest and most terrible people on the planet are analyzed, measured and calculated.

For example, it is known that the biggest people inThe land is inhabited in Holland - the average height of the inhabitants of this country is 185 centimeters. But we are talking about a state in which only 100 years ago when recruiting for the army, every fourth recruit was rejected, as he was below the required 157 centimeters in height. Moreover, even people who immigrated to the Netherlands from other parts of the world were, on average, higher than members of their racial groups in their home countries.

True, some sources claim that the mostbig people live on the African continent: Kenya, Samoa or Tanzania. But this is relevant if we are talking about specific groups of the population. And if you take the average growth in the country, then the palm is still the Dutch. Scientists believe that the reason for this lies in the genetics of this nation, the high level of medicine and nutrition, rich in animal proteins.

Of course, many residents of the country significantlyexceed average height. There are those who reach 2 meters 13 centimeters in height. In life, these giants have considerable inconvenience. Therefore, the biggest people in Holland united in a special “party” and achieved that construction organizations increase doorways and automobile companies change the standards of car interiors.

In the ancient world, the highest were the Romans, twolast century, the palm was held by the Americans, who today grow more in breadth than up. True, the USA cannot be called the “thickest country on the planet”. In the ranking in 2010, they took only 8th place in the world. But 79% of the population in the States are overweight. The biggest people (in terms of weight) live in the tiny country of Nauru. 95% of the population of this state have a body mass index of more than 25. This is not surprising, since there has long been a tradition on a small island in the Pacific Ocean, according to which girls from noble families were kept locked up and specially fattened. Today, the fatness of the population contributes to the changed nature of nutrition. Previously, the islanders ate fish and fruits, and now - refined and modified products, gushing from the West.

While we were talking about statistics.And who are the champions in height and weight? What is the biggest man ever lived on Earth? In English-speaking sources, they write that it was an American Robert Wadlow, whose height was 272 centimeters. We can be proud of the Slavic giant Fedor Makhnov. A native of a small farm, located near the Belarusian Vitebsk, lived in the late XIX - early XX centuries. According to Polish anthropologists, his height was 285 centimeters. The fattest man on the planet weighed 635 kilograms and lived in the twentieth century. It was an American named John Brower Minnok.

Unfortunately, people with serious health problems become champions in height and weight. Perhaps they would gladly agree to give up such dubious leadership.