title: A comparison of the body height of the Israeli-born and immigrants to Israel.
abstract: This paper reports a study of body height in the adult Jewish population of Israel, comparing native-born with immigrant groups. The sample tested included 1,411 men and 961 women, all clinically healthy according to the results of multiphasic screening. The phenomenon observed in other immigration-absorbing countries also holds for Israel: native Israelis are significantly taller than their immigrant counterparts. The findings were verified over different age and working activity strata, and thus may be taken to reflect the influence of better socioeconomic and environmental conditions on the bodily development of those born in Israel.
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa / Q000208:ethnology; D000569:Americas / Q000208:ethnology; D001208:Asia / Q000208:ethnology; D001827:Body Height; D005060:Europe / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D007585:Jews; D008297:Male