The cost of being tall is a shorter life expectancyFight Aging
Patients with schizophrenia have about 20 years shorter lifetime expectancy compared to healthy population. The cause of this excess in mortality is due to both unnatural and natural causes. While the lifetime prevalence of death due to ... H Moradi,Olsson Anna-Karin,Hjrthag Fredrik,... - ...
International statistics bear it out. Life expectancy in the Netherlands is 79.11 years; in Sweden it's 80.63. America's life expectancy of 78.00 years puts it in somewhat shorter company, just above Cyprus and a few notches below Bosnia-Herzegovina. "Obviously America is not doing badly. It'...
Furthermore, numerous studies have found that like excess weight, tallness is costly in terms of longevity in late ontogeny, and shorter people tend to outlive their taller peers, especially if they are slim and maintain a healthy diet and lifestyle. Therefore, there is currently a lack of ...