Smaller people live longer, more scientific research shows, and scientists believe that the ideal height for men is from 166 to 168 centimeters, and for women from 159 to 162 centimeters.
The US National Cancer Institute claims that tall people, regardless of gender, have a higher risk of cancer than short people.
Each additional height of ten centimeters increases the risk of cancer by 18 percent for women and by 11 percent for men.
A recent large-scale study showed that the risk of cancer for women over 175 centimeters increased by 37 percent compared to women shorter than 155 centimeters.
And researchers at the University of Hawaii, after observing 50 Americans of Japanese descent for more than 8.000 years, discovered that people shorter than 156 centimeters lived the longest.
The "Albert Einstein" Institute for Aging Issues conducted a survey of 1.000 people over 95 years of age. The results showed that the majority were not tall, and several hundred were extremely short people.
Research from the University of Tromsø in Norway has shown that tall women have less blood flow, which increases the risk of stroke.
If a woman is shorter than 157 centimeters and has a normal body weight, she has a three times lower risk of blood clots.
In shorter people, the distance between the heart and other organs is relatively smaller, which facilitates the flow of blood and nutrients, which reduces the risk of disease.
American scientists believe that there is an ideal height: for men it is from 165 to 168 centimeters, and for women from 159 to 162 centimeters.
Research shows that tall people need more energy, fluidity and oxygen, which is an additional burden on all organs.
People who are shorter in their daily lives use less energy and need fewer nutrients, according to scientific portals, independent reports.
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