Sikh Children Are The Tallest

[JagsawSingh]

The findings of a very interesting study were published in the BMJ (British Medical Journal) in 1994. The study compared the heights and weights of white British children, black afr0-carribean children, Pakistani Muslim children, Bangladeshi Muslim children, Hindu children and Sikh children. The heights and weights of each were recorded at birth, year 1, year 2 and year 5. In terms of weights, although white children were heaviest at birth it was Sikh infants who had the most spectacular gain in body weight. The Hindu children had by far the worst gain. By the ge of 5 the Sikh children were the heaviest of all the groups and the Hindus the lightest.

But...the really interesting feature of this study is the height of Sikh children. At every stage of the study, the Sikh children (boys and girls) were easily the tallest of all, Taller than the white, black, Muslim and Hindu children. At every stage of the study the Hindus were the smallest of all. The study found that Sikh children were so much taller than all the others at the age of 5 that Sikh boys were a full 3cms taller than the second tallest group (white Europeans) and the Sikh girls were 1.5 cms taller than white European girls. At every stage of the study, the Hindus were the shortest.

Very interesting stuff.

http://adc.bmj.com/content/71/3/207.full.pdf

[Guest Jacfsing2]

Is this even an accurate study?

[JagsawSingh]

Is this even an accurate study?

The BMJ fella. The single most respected medical journal on planet earth.

[Guest Jacfsing2]

The BMJ fella. The single most respected medical journal on planet earth.

I seriously hope they know that religion has nothing to do with birth, (if it's so respected as you say it how come I've never heard of it?) They ask really ridiculous questions which have nothing to do with health. (Religion and Health are completely separate).

[JagsawSingh]

(if it's so respected as you say it how come I've never heard of it?)

What....seriously ? And you're from the UK ?

Well...I don't know where to start. Lets start with the basics. You know how there's a professional regulatory body for anyone that wants to practice as a doctor in the UK, i.e one cannot practice medicine unless one is accepted and registered as a member of the BMA (British Medical Association) ? Well, the BMJ (British Medical Journal) is their own journal (published by the BMA) and is the oldest medical journal in the world...with an influential readership of doctors around the globe. However I'm very sorry but I cannot explain how you could have reached adulthood in the UK without ever having heard of the BMJ.

I seriously hope they know that religion has nothing to do with birth......They ask really ridiculous questions which have nothing to do with health. (Religion and Health are completely separate).

'Religion' is manifested in race and culture. For example, a Hindu from Punjab does not have the same culture of drinking copious amounts of milk as the Sikh from Punjab. The Hindu and Muslim Punjabi eats just a tiny proportion of the amount of spinach the Sikh from Punjab eats.....The Muslim Punjabi child is given meat in every meal, regardless of the harmfull anti-biotics contained in that processed meet whilst the Sikh child is given vegetable after vegetable after vegetable etc etc etc. I could go on with this but I think you're getting the idea now arn't you ?

[Guest Jacfsing2]

What....seriously ? And you're from the UK ?

Well...I don't know where to start. Lets start with the basics. You know how there's a professional regulatory body for anyone that wants to practice as a doctor in the UK, i.e once cannot practice medicine unless one is accepted and registered as a member with the BMA (British Medical Association) ? Well, the BMJ (British Medical Journal) is their own journal (published by the BMA) and is the oldest medical journal in the world...with an influential readership of doctors around the globe. However I'm very sorry but I cannot explain how you could have reached adulthood in the UK without ever having heard of the BMJ.

I'm American!

[JagsawSingh]

I'm American!

My commiserations.

Anyway, now that I've explained how the BMJ is the oldest medical journal in the world and it is published by the UK's Regulatory Body for doctors I think we can all agree that we're talking about a properly researched article from a reputable journal so lets concentrate on the substance of the findings rather than the cover of the pages they appear in.

[ghettosikh]

I always knew we were taller. However watch indian hindus use this to claim "INDIANS" are tallest. They always use articles that put sikhs in a positive light as there own and when a Sikhs done something bad they reffer to him as his sikh identity LOL

[ghettosikh]

It has to be a cultural thing, Sikhs are not all Punjabi... Anybody can be Sikh.

We are not like Jewish people who are all part of one culture/religion..

True but 99 percent of sikhs r punjabi and i think 100 percent in uk

[Guest Jacfsing2]

True but 99 percent of sikhs r punjabi and i think 100 percent in uk

There are obviously non-punjabi Sikhs. Dhan Dhan Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji was sent to the world from Patna. What about Vanjaria Sikhs? Or the fact that the Jathedar of Hazur Sahib can't ever leave the city of Nanded?