• Question: why is demi short ?

    Asked by prettyboycharlie to Anouk, Chris, Judith, Leisha, Seyyed on 11 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Anouk Gouvras

      Anouk Gouvras answered on 11 Jun 2012:

      ummm can you be more specific? demi? I’m not sure I understand the question 🙂 oops thank you

      Maybe your question is about why someone is short? Is that right? Height is apparently mainly influenced by genes and is hereditary. So depends on what genes you inherited from your parents. But there is also the influence of nutrition. For example in places where children suffer from malnutrition (not getting enough of the right nutrients from their food) and infectious disease (which can contribute to malnutrition) a lot of them have stunted growth. This is common in poor populations such as those in sub-Saharan Africa.

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      Judith Sleeman answered on 11 Jun 2012:

      Sorry, don’t understand the question!

      Oh, yeah, the penny drops…. clang. I was thinking of Demi as in ‘half’ rather than the name. I don’t get out much!

      As Anouk says, in the absence of problems with nutrition or disease, it’s genetic. Lots of different genes are involved, though, so it’s quite complex.

    • Photo: Chris Kettle

      Chris Kettle answered on 12 Jun 2012:

      I assume that Demi is a friend.

      She may be smaller than you but this could be due to a lot of factors from genetics to environment. The same factors that have made you a pretty boy, Charlie!

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