A survey of average children’s height across 200 countries has shown British children slipping down the global rankings. The most pronounced decline is among children born since David Cameron’s ...

Most men stop growing by 18 years old. However, genetic and environmental factors can cause a person to either continue ...

Genetics partially influences height, but other factors, such as nutrition, also affect how tall you become as an adult. The average height of a population can indicate the health of its people since ...

Dr. Anju Goel, MD, MPH, is a public health consultant and physician with more than 10 years of experience in the California public health system. The average height of women in the United States is 5 ...

Last week, a study revealed that British children who grew up under austerity are shorter than kids in other European countries, from France and Denmark to Bulgaria and Lithuania. Experts have linked ...

The 2022 national championship game, however, saw the average height of the starters in the game climb above 78 inches, or 6-foot-6, for the first time since 2017. What was the minimum height in the ...

Your waistline may say more about your current health than your BMI, according to new research. Now, we hate to be the bearer of bad news but: as our waistlines expand, so do the risks. And while ...

A man with a beard and a black t-shirt measures his height with a tape measure. Genetics partially influences height, but other factors, such as nutrition, also affect how tall you become as an adult.