Humans are getting taller, but we still weigh too much
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How interesting it is that scientists have discovered another species of human - an 18,000-year-old skeleton named Homo floresiensis that has been described as &quot;hobbit-sized.
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Americans are getting taller on average but they are much heavier too, according to government figures released on Wednesday showing that the US population is, literally, growing.
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Scientists have discovered the first gene that influences a person's height.
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Most of us are taller than our parents, who probably are taller than their parents.
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How many times have children heard, &quot;Look how tall you&#39;ve grown over the summer!&quot; While such comments may be annoying, it turns out rapid growth might also be a health hazard.
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Right now, the bigger they are, the larger the haul.
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The bigger they are, the harder they could fall.
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Along with the American waistline, the American plate and portion size have grown too. A study at Rutgers University supports earlier research that people today eat bigger servings than they did 20 years ago.
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Scientists think they have figured out why pregnant women don't lose their balance and topple over despite ever-growing weight up front. Evolution provided them with slight differences from men in their lower backs and hip joints, allowing them to adjust their center of gravity, new research shows.
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Obesity is considered a major public health problem today, but a number of scientists are coming to see it as a comparative blessing, given the alternative.
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NEW YORK  - The proportion of babies born  weighing more than 4 kilograms (a little under 9 pounds) has  increased significantly over the past decade in Sweden, North  America, and Europe.
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Chubby cheeks and dimpled thighs have long been a mother's proof of a healthy, well-fed baby. But those roly-poly infants now may be a sign of something much different: America's growing problem with weight.
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Babies who are born heavy and grow  fast have a 150 percent chance of being overweight or obese by  the time they are seven years old, a survey of more than 8,000  children in Hong Kong has shown.
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The government says adults are roughly an inch taller than in the 1960s, on average. But they&#39;re nearly 25 pounds heavier. Between 1960 and 1962, the average man weighed just over 166 pounds.
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People are getting fatter in all parts of the world, with the possible exception of east Asia, doctors found in a one-day global snapshot of obesity.
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NEW YORK  - During the last weeks of pregnancy, many women become so large in the middle that they look as though they might tip over. But through evolutionary processes, nature has devised a way to keep them upright on their sometimes swollen feet.
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America used to be the tallest country in the world.