From the Economist: It turns out taller people are richer than shorter ones, and richer people are taller than poorer ones. Give this the right publicity in the wrong context and soon we may have legislation establishing a minimum number of short people in organizations. And Heidi can’t wait.
Size Does Matter
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as long as you’re at it, post up that thing about shorter girls having more kids with taller dudes…
How much does this have to do with diet though, available variety of food and such?
Poo.. and here I stand at ‘average’ height. I’m doomed to live a life of mediocrity! :P
Rebecca, I’m sure it has a lot to do with diet and food variety, to a certain extent.
From the article:
Earning enough to buy plentiful calories and protein makes a big difference to stature. But once a person has enough money to free himself from thin gruel and hard labour, extra income has less to add. “Stature,” Mr Steckel writes, “is a good measure of deprivation but not of opulence.”
I wear high heels. Should I wear higher heels?