Aim: To investigate whether the increase in adult stature in European countries is continuing.
Methods: The secular trend in growth after 1990 for various European countries was assessed by national conscript data.
Results: In Scandinavia and the Netherlands, the height has reached a plateau at 179-181 cm, and in Italy a plateau at 174 cm. In Belgium, Portugal and Spain, height continued to increase.
Conclusion: Only in the northern European countries and Italy height has ceased to increase.
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