News tagged with height
The tall and short of diseases
Nov 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Research shows that being taller means a fatter pay check and an increased risk of some cancers.
Black women in the U.S. appear to be shrinking, data show
Dec 26, 2008 |
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Call her The Incredible Shrinking African-American Woman. In an age when the adult populations of most industrialized nations have grown significantly taller, the average height of black women in the U.S. has been receding, ...
Does Size Matter? Study shows Taller People Earn More Money
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Taller men are able to earn more money than their shorter counterparts simply because taller people are perceived to be more intelligent and powerful, this according to a study published in The Economic Re ...
Study finds tall people at top of wages ladder
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May 17, 2009 |
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Tall people earn higher wages than their vertically-challenged counterparts while being obese does not mean a slimmed-down pay packet, according to a new study in Australia.
Professor discovers new way to calculate body's 'Maximum Weight Limit'
Sep 18, 2009 |
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Most of us are familiar with the term, Body Mass Index, or BMI, as an index to determine healthy body weight. But, calculating BMI involves a complex formula: weight in pounds is multiplied by 703, and then divided by height ...
Less child mortality among taller women in developing countries
Feb 02, 2009 |
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Each centimeter/inch counts for women in developing countries. This is the outcome of research by Christiaan Monden of Tilburg University and Jeroen Smits of Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands, which was recently ...
Data From Newest Ocean Satellite Ready for Their 'Close-up'
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 07, 2009 |
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Following a year of calibration and validation by an international team of scientists, fully-validated, research-quality sea surface height data from the NASA/French Space Agency Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2 ...
Old growth giants limited by water-pulling ability
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Aug 11, 2008 |
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The Douglas-fir, state tree of Oregon, towering king of old-growth forests and one of the tallest tree species on Earth, finally stops growing taller because it just can't pull water any higher, a new study concludes.
Hormone therapy helps short children grow up
Nov 06, 2008 |
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Growth hormone treatment may significantly increase final height in children diagnosed with short stature, even in cases where the child is not growth hormone deficient, according to a new study accepted for publication in ...
