>>4952715Napoleon was 5'7'', and that was about average at the time, he was only noticeably short when compared to the European aristocracy he was fighting against, because they, being from families that were fabulously wealthy for centuries prior, came from a long line of mothers who had access to plenty of protein every day.
In the Hindu religion, women from lower castes have their protein intake strictly rationed during pregnancy so that their sons will be short and misshapen, that way everyone knows they're untouchable just by looking at them. Most of the untouchables in India are sub 5'.