Posted by blood roses at 12:46pm Oct 18 '07Okay, check this out.
Short people rate worse on health
If we're talking people who are that short, probably real or percieved discrimination. But this is where it gets bizzare:
Errr... what? Grow 2.3 inches? Seriously? I mean, sure, if I could just choose to be 2.3 inches taller, I probably would... it would be easier to find pants that fit, for one thing. But, I mean... how?
Short people rate worse on health
Danish researchers examined more than 14,000 responses to the 2003 Health Survey for England.
Men shorter than 5ft 4in (162cm) and women shorter than 5ft (151cm) reported much lower well-being than others, Clinical Endocrinology journal says.
The authors urged more work to clarify precisely why the shorter someone is, the worse they feel about their health.
If we're talking people who are that short, probably real or percieved discrimination. But this is where it gets bizzare:
The results predicted that increasing height could help boost feelings of wellbeing.
If men could add just 7cm (2.7in) to their height and women 6cm (2.3in), their health-related quality of life could improved by 6.1%.
Errr... what? Grow 2.3 inches? Seriously? I mean, sure, if I could just choose to be 2.3 inches taller, I probably would... it would be easier to find pants that fit, for one thing. But, I mean... how?