Jdr napisał:

> Wednesday, 13 June, 2001, 23:14 GMT 00:14 UK
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> Taller people 'live longer'
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> Death before 30
>
> If you are young and toll - you ca see how long you'll live,
> according to The research is published in the Journal
> of Epidemiology and Community Health.
> Jdr
>
> "The age of the person at death was calculated by looking for subtle changes
> in the arrangement of the pubic bones.
>
> They found that 55% of the men, and 73% of the women died before the age of
> 45 - and 39% of the men, and 56% of the women had not reached 30 years of
> age.
>
> Almost universally, as bone length increased, the risk of that person having
> died before 30 decreased.
>
> Longer-boned, and by implication, taller, people tended to be more durable.
>
> It suggests that health and nutrition in childhood are, and remain key
> factors in determining health for a lifetime.
>
> The researchers pointed out that being short may well have increased the
> risk, for women, of dying in childbirth.
>
> However, they added: "Short bones, it would appear, have always been a
> marker or a short life."
>
> Wednesday, 13 June, 2001, 23:14 GMT 00:14 UK
>
> Taller people 'live longer'
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_13870
00/1387073.stm