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  2. Why do you shrink when you get older? Experts explain

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    People usually lose about a centimeter in height every 10 years after age 40, according to Medline Plus, and that pace of height loss speeds up after age 70. Overall, you can lose between 1 to 3 ...

  3. Short stature - Wikipedia

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    For many people with advanced bone ages, they hit a growth spurt early on which propels them to average height but stop growing at an earlier age. However, in some cases, people who are naturally shorter combined with their advanced bone age, end up being even shorter than the height they normally would have been because of their stunted growth.

  4. Why do people shrink as they age? - AOL

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    Doctor Sundeep Khosla is a professor of medicine and physiology at the Mayo Clinic. "Everybody shrinks as we age: women and men," Khosla said. One of the reasons for shrinking with age is ...

  5. Size change in fiction - Wikipedia

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    In the Ramayana, the deity Hanuman has the ability to alter his size, which he can use to enlarge himself to the size of a mountain or shrink himself down to the size of an insect. [4] [5] The Bhagavata Purana mentions the story of King Kakudmi and his daughter Revati, who go to Satyaloka to ask Brahma for help deciding who Revati should marry ...

  6. List of films featuring miniature people - Wikipedia

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    The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003), which used similar techniques to portray some actors as Hobbits at a height of two to four feet (0.6 to 1.2 m) tall [10] [12] TV series featuring miniature people: World of Giants (1959) Land of the Giants (1968–1970) [1] Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (1997–2000) [1] Team Umizoomi ...

  7. List of works of fiction about size change - Wikipedia

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    The eponymous character Polly uses a magical locket to shrink herself and her friends down to tiny sizes. 2021 – Gabby's Dollhouse: Traci Paige Johnson, Jennifer Twomey 2021 2022 Kid Cosmic: Craig McCracken: One of the main characters, Rosa (also known as La Nina Gigantica), can enlarge herself to a height of 40 feet when she uses the blue ...

  8. Shrinkflation hits 1 in 3 grocery items, including these ...

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    Breakfast foods had the second-highest rate of shrinkflation, with LendingTree finding that about 44% of the items they tracked were now sold in smaller portions.

  9. Shrink ray - Wikipedia

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    Dr. Cyclops from the 1940 horror film of that name shrank his victims by locking them inside an "atomic generator".; In the 1958 movie Attack of the Puppet People, a scientist captures people and shrinks them to 6 inches in height with an ultrasonic wave device, so he can keep them as company.