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Long-term trends in stature (above) and body mass (below) in subregions of Northern Europe. Lowess smoothing parameters for stature: Britain = 1.0, Scandinavia = 1.0, Baltics = 1.0. Lowess smoothing parameters for body mass: Britain = 0.9, South Scandinavia = 1.0, Baltics = 1.0. Shaded regions represent 95% confidence intervals around fit lines.
