re: Are women getting taller on average?

Not with all these 4 foot 11 illegals invading our country and pumping out 5 short kids each

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While I stopped growing at 6'2 and 7/8", I have shrunk with age and am now about 6'1.5

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THANK YOU. This happened to me as well, and NOBODY believes me.

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Are women getting taller on average?

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I think it's a statistical floor problem. A grown woman can only weigh so little

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Yes better nutrition.

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The average woman was like 141 in the 1960’s and the average man was like 163.

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My parents were 5’6 & 5’8. No clue where my height came from!

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That is odd. Maybe you were adopted and they didn't tell you?

My mom's family is average height or slightly short but my dad's family is all tall. My paw paw was 6'6", my dad 6'4", my little sister is 5'10"

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uncommon to see a 6 ft tall women

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Those are men competing against women.

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I used to joke about the mailman, but 23andme proved I have my dad’s DNA My sister is 5’6 & brother is 5’11. They both have sons who are 6’4+ at 14 & 18. There are tall genes hiding out somewhere in there! I just got the 99.98th percentile.

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My dad is only about 5'10" while I'm 6'4" and my brother is 6'3".

Paternal GF was 6'4" however, which was very tall for his era.

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ksayetiger

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And assuming (being it's impossible to tell from the photograph) she's roughly average height (5'5"), she probably weighs about 90lbs. Again, assuming average height, a healthy weight for her would be around 125lbs. That's only a 35lbs difference. There are women who are 5'5" that weigh 300lbs. That's 175lbs more than the "healthy" weight.

To illustrate the problem, let's say 33% of women weigh 100lbs, 33% weigh 130lbs, and 33% weigh 250lbs. That means your median is 130lbs. 66% of women would weigh 130lbs or less. Yet, the "average woman" in that statistical paradigm weighs 160lbs.

Lies, damned lies, and statistics.