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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. Effects of high altitude on humans - Wikipedia

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    Pressure as a function of the height above the sea level. The human body can perform best at sea level, [7] where the atmospheric pressure is 101,325 Pa or 1013.25 millibars (or 1 atm, by definition).

  4. Stunted growth - Wikipedia

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    Stunted growth, also known as stunting or linear growth failure, is defined as impaired growth and development manifested by low height-for-age. [1] It is often caused by malnutrition and can occur due to endogenous factors (such as chronic food insecurity) or exogenous factors (such as parasitic infection).

  5. Short stature - Wikipedia

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    Shortness in children and young adults nearly always results from below-average growth in childhood, while shortness in older adults usually results from loss of height due to kyphosis of the spine or collapsed vertebrae from osteoporosis. The most common causes of short stature in childhood are constitutional growth delay or familial short ...

  6. How Much Weight Can I Safely Lose in Just a Week? - AOL

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    How Much Weight Can You Lose in a Week by Fasting? Research shows that fasting for five to 20 days can lead to weight loss of two to 10 percent. But about two-thirds of the weight lost is lean ...

  7. How Much Should I Weigh? Why Experts Say That A BMI ... - AOL

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    A BMI chart based on your height and weight can give you some clues as to whether you fall within your healthy, average weight range. However, experts also explain that other factors related to ...

  8. 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.

  9. After Losing More Than an Inch in Height, a Shocking New ...

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    During a bone scan, you get a metric called a T-score, and that measures how dense your bones are. My spine T-score was -4.4, but I had no idea what that meant.