Average height of people

Average height of people

From Kompas

I read with interest the prediction by directorate general of
health development of the Health Department that by the end of
the second long-term development plan, the average height of
people will be 1.75 meters. This means that Indonesians, from
Sabang to Merauke will only be 1.8 centimeters shorter than the
average American.

Many males will hopefully be over two meters tall and the
average female will be 180 centimeters tall, a good size for
basketball, volley, and soccer players.

At present, the average height for males is 165.3 centimeters,
and 154 centimeters for females. We still have far to go to reach
the average height mentioned above. My prediction is that it will
take more than two long-term development plans to reach the
heights predicted by the above directorate.

DR. H.M. SUTAN ASSIN

Jakarta