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New Tinder Feature Stirs Debate: 'It's Over for Short Men'

App debuts height filter of sorts, though only for users who have paid versions of the dating app

(Newser) - A recent post on Reddit has offered insight into how dating apps may be trying to further customize the user experience—though some folks may not appreciate the focus paid to one physical feature in particular. "Oh god. They added a height filter," reads the entry from last...

'Definitely Cool' Study Digs Into Male-Female Height Gap

Study finds SHOX gene accounts for a fifth of the height gap

(Newser) - Why are men, on average, taller than women? A massive new genetic study reveals how a single gene may account for a slice of the difference. The SHOX gene has been thought to influence height—but since it's present on both X and Y chromosomes, researchers could only...

Patients Clamor to Grow Taller With 'Magical' Surgery

LA Times profiles Dr. Kevin Debiparshad, who performs leg-lengthening surgery in Las Vegas

(Newser) - If you're a guy who's long yearned to be just a few inches taller, Dr. Kevin Debiparshad says he's your man. The Harvard-educated surgeon based in Las Vegas is the subject of a profile by Brittny Mejia for the Los Angeles Times on the time-consuming and often...

Reporter Must Pay $5K for Mocking PM's Height

Italy's Giorgia Meloni went after journalist in court over slam

(Newser) - For the record, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is somewhere around 5-foot-3, notes the BBC . She is not, as an Italian journalist jokingly suggested on social media, 4 feet tall. And now the journalist has been ordered by an Italian court to pay 5,000 euro, or about $5,500,...

Height That Helped His NBA Career Now Threatens His Life

Ex-Pacer Scot Pollard, who was also on 'Survivor,' awaits heart transplant from a patient his size

(Newser) - At 6-foot-11, Scot Pollard's size helped him play more than a decade in the NBA, earning him a championship ring with the 2008 Boston Celtics. Now it may be killing him. Pollard needs a heart transplant, an already dire predicament that's made more difficult by the fact so...

Americans Are Shrinking, and It Started With Millennials

Once the tallest in the world, American men have shrunk to 47th, women 58th

(Newser) - Back in the 1800s, records showed that Americans were the tallest in the world. But something happened in the 1980s stateside—men and women's average height was shrinking when compared with other countries. Meghna Chakrabarti spoke with researchers on WBUR's On Point to dig into why, and they...

DeSantis Addresses the Boot Question
DeSantis Addresses
the Boot Question
Oct 31, 2023 11:11 AM CDT

DeSantis Addresses the Boot Question

Florida governor insists he doesn't wear lifts, but a Politico analysis suggests otherwise

(Newser) - It's one of the weirder political stories of the day: Politico Magazine talked to three boot-makers about the pair worn by Ron DeSantis, and all suspect the Florida governor is wearing lifts to boost his height. The governor's boots have been the topic of much speculation, and critics'...

She Has Seen the Future, and the People Are Short
Short People, You Now
Have a Reason to Live
OPINION
Jan 3, 2023 10:30 AM CST

Short People, You Now Have a Reason to Live

Mara Altman says it's time to stop celebrating people just for being tall, despite that song

(Newser) - Mara Altman was a healthy child, but her parents nonetheless had her injected with growth hormone treatments in a bid to goose her height. The treatment didn't quite work: Today, Altman is 5-foot-even, though she couldn't be happier about it, she writes in a New York Times essay....

He Paid $75K to Get 3 Inches Taller
He Wanted to Be Taller.
Agony, $75K Got Him There
longform
Sep 24, 2022 7:30 AM CDT

He Wanted to Be Taller. Agony, $75K Got Him There

Inside the world of surgical leg lengthening

(Newser) - For the next five years, John Lovedale will be paying $1,200 a month back to SoFi bank to pay off the loan he got in order to pay for cosmetic leg lengthening. The procedure is what it sounds like: one's femurs are broken and adjustable titanium nails are...

The Taller You Are, the Higher the Risk for These Diseases

But taller people benefit from a lower risk of conditions including heart disease: study

(Newser) - Height may be a previously unrecognized risk factor for several common diseases, according to the largest study of the link between height and disease thus far. The study using data from more than 222,000 white adults and more than 58,000 Black adults enrolled in the US Veterans Affairs...

Elective Limb-Lengthening Is Getting More Common
Some Men Are Opting
to Get Taller—Surgically
longform
May 7, 2022 8:30 AM CDT

Some Men Are Opting to Get Taller—Surgically

It's not cheap or easy, but some see it as a life-altering opportunity

(Newser) - It’s not a stretch to say short guys have it tough sometimes. Think Napoleon: sure, he conquered Europe, but he also got a complex named after him because—evidently—being short made him fighting mad. In a recent BuzzFeed article, reporter Elamin Abdelmahmoud lays out research that shows modern-day...

America's Tallest Person Dead at 38
America's
Tallest Person
Dead at 38
obituary
Aug 23, 2021 10:45 AM CDT

America's Tallest Person Dead at 38

Igor Vovkovinskiy was a shade above 7-foot-8

(Newser) - Igor Vovkovinskiy, the tallest man in the United States, has died in Minnesota at the age of 38. His family said the Ukrainian-born Vovkovinskiy died of heart disease on Friday at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, per the AP . Vovkovinskiy came to the Mayo Clinic in 1989 as a child...

Trump, Self-Declared 'Un-Trump' Duke It Out


Trump,
Self-Declared
'Un-Trump'
Duke It Out
the rundown
Feb 13, 2020 9:55 AM CST

Trump, Self-Declared 'Un-Trump' Duke It Out

President, Bloomberg exchange insults as former mayor distances self from old comments

(Newser) - Michael Bloomberg is spending a small fortune on his 2020 presidential campaign, and his ads and cutting comments critical of President Trump appear to be rankling the president. On Thursday, Trump lashed out:
  • The nickname: "Mini Mike is a 5'4" mass of dead energy who does not want
...

This Is How Much the Average American Weighs
This Is How Much the
Average American Weighs
in case you missed it
Dec 23, 2018 2:04 PM CST

This Is How Much the Average American Weighs

197.9 pounds for men, 170.6 pounds for women—30 pounds more than in the early '60s

(Newser) - Everyone might want to get a head start on their New Year's resolutions to shed a few pounds. Per CNN , a new report from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics shows Americans are shrinking—the average height for men (5-9) and women (5-4) decreased slightly from 1999-2000...

Reason Pygmies Are Short May Be Surprisingly Simple
Simple Reason
May Explain
Pygmies' Height
new study
Nov 9, 2018 8:44 AM CST

Simple Reason May Explain Pygmies' Height

Study suggests taking shorter steps allows them to survive better in rain forests

(Newser) - Short-statured people known as pygmies live in rain forests around the world, and a new study puts forth a relatively simple explanation for their height: Their shorter step lengths make it a lot easier for them to walk around in dense jungles than it is for taller people. As Newsweek ...

Cancer Study Isn't Great News for Tall People
Cancer Study Isn't Great
News for Tall People
new study
Oct 25, 2018 7:52 AM CDT

Cancer Study Isn't Great News for Tall People

Researchers see a greater risk for those of above-average height

(Newser) - A new study on cancer won't make for pleasant reading for tall people. Consider this quote from lead researcher Leonard Nunney of the University of California Riverside: "If you were comparing a 5-foot guy to a basketball player who's over 7 feet tall, then that basketball player...

Internet Raises Eyebrow at Trump's Height, Weight
Internet Raises Eyebrow
at Trump's Height, Weight
the rundown
Jan 17, 2018 7:42 AM CST

Internet Raises Eyebrow at Trump's Height, Weight

And the term 'girther' is born

(Newser) - That President Trump requested and aced a cognitive exam as part of his first physical as president isn't the detail that's being pored over by the internet. That honor goes to Navy doctor Ronny Jackson's detailing of Trump's height and weight, which Jackson reports as 6-foot-3...

Astronaut's Blessing and Curse: Growing 3.5 Inches in Space

Norishige Kanai was likely joking about it being a problem, but not about it happening

(Newser) - One fringe benefit of an astronaut's trip to space: He or she returns to Earth taller (though only temporarily). That's thanks to the lack of gravity, which elongates the distance between the vertebrae in one's spine. And for one Japanese astronaut, the change has been more extreme...

Estonia Is About to Get a Little Taller

It's switching to new system that will add 8 inches to highest point

(Newser) - Over the next three months, the Baltic country of Estonia will become a little bit taller. That's because it has decided to change how it measures heights above sea level, converting from an old Russian system to something called the European Vertical Reference System, reports the Postimees newspaper. The...

Where World's Tallest Women, Men Live
 Where World's Tallest 
 Women, Men Live 
NEW STUDY
Jul 26, 2016 7:35 AM CDT

Where World's Tallest Women, Men Live

Latvian women, Dutch men are tallest: study

(Newser) - Latvian women are tallest in the world, with an average height of 5-foot-7, according to a new study in the journal eLife . The same study, based on 2014 data, finds Dutch men tower over the rest at an even 6 feet on average, reports the BBC . The US—home to...

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