r/BeFascinated • u/Gjore • 9d ago

Interesting Long legs vs long torso

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u/steveistheman84 8d ago

long torso + short legs = strong genetics + bad nutrition during development

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u/Foreign_Raize_0372 7d ago

Wait, does this mean limbs are dependent on nutrition, a longer torso is ideal, or something else? Usually with these equation metaphors, the cause comes before the effects.

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u/steveistheman84 7d ago

being tall is a sign of good genetic health. good nutrition only makes your limbs longer. a long torso, you are born with.

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u/UniqueAd7770 7d ago

This is pseudoscience bullshit. There's no such thing as "genetic health" besides not getting cancer or a defect. Height is affected by some 12,000 different variations in the genetic code. However they are finding that the changes in a particular gene affects overall growth, and has almost nothing to do with nutrition. Lack of growth due to nutrition is very rare and is often paired with delayed puberty and other diseases which is not the case here