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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. Human height - Wikipedia

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    Height measurement using a stadiometer. Human height or stature is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a human body, standing erect.It is measured using a stadiometer, [1] in centimetres when using the metric system or SI system, [2] [3] or feet and inches when using United States customary units or the imperial system.

  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. Human - Wikipedia

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    It is estimated that the worldwide average height for an adult human male is about 171 cm (5 ft 7 in), while the worldwide average height for adult human females is about 159 cm (5 ft 3 in). [158] Shrinkage of stature may begin in middle age in some individuals but tends to be typical in the extremely aged. [159]

  6. Ageing - Wikipedia

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    Age dynamics of the body mass (1, 2) and mass normalized to height (3, 4) of men (1, 3) and women (2, 4) [25] Comparison of a normal aged brain (left) and a brain affected by Alzheimer's disease. A number of characteristic ageing symptoms are experienced by a majority, or by a significant proportion of humans during their lifetimes.

  7. Old age - Wikipedia

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    Old age is the range of ages for ... Old bones are marked by "thinning and shrinkage". This might result in a loss of height (about two inches (5 cm) by age 80 ...

  8. Cardiovascular risk may impact cognitive decline in men years ...

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    The participants’ average age was 63, ranging from 45 to 82 years. Their stu dy, published in the Journal of Neurology, ...

  9. Talk:Human height/Archive 4 - Wikipedia

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