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People do tend to shrink in height quite a bit at advanced age. https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003998.htm https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003998.htm
by TylerE 1mo ago
People do tend to shrink in height quite a bit at advanced age.
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003998.htm https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003998.htm
"People typically lose almost one-half inch (about 1 centimeter) every 10 years after age 40. Height loss is even more rapid after age 70. You may lose a total of 1 to 3 inches (2.5 to 7.5 centimeters) in height as you age."
So people DO in fact tend to lose about 2 inches at age 80 versus their younger selves.
- pandaman 1mo agoThe actual studies [1],[2] that tried to measure this came to very different rates of height loss though: 3.6 cm and 6 cm from 40 to 80 in men. This does not look like a serious fact. 1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10547143/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10547143/ 2. https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/21/4694 https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/21/4694 (referencing the FHS there, the numbers are hard to find on the study's website).
- TylerE 1mo agoEven the low end of 3.6cm is 1.4 inches. Feels like you're being rather...goal post movey.
- pandaman 1mo agoThere is no "low end" , such a huge difference shows that both studies are not reliable.
- sarchertech 1mo agoThe difference was 3.6cm in the study that measured 10 more years 30-80. And 5cm in the study that measured 10 fewer years 40-80. The studies were conducted over different time periods when average nutrition changed, and demographics changed. And the study demographics just vary by location. Height loss with age is incredibly well documented. Here’s a few more studies. This is just basic medical textbook information. No one in the world is arguing that this phenomenon doesn’t exist. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32611342/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32611342/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24962157/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24962157/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10602346/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10602346/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667032125000058 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266703212...
- pandaman 29d agoNow, who is moving goalposts?
- TylerE 29d agoNo one: Again, from your OP: "so unless people naturally shrink 2" with age" Are you denying basic science here, or what? Like, what is your deal?
- pandaman 29d agoRead what I wrote, read what you wrote. If you still don't get it - ask a chatbot, though you obviously understand and are just trolling.
- sarchertech 29d agoI’m also confused.