A man with a beard and a black t-shirt measures his height with a tape measure. Genetics partially influences height, but other factors, such as nutrition, also affect how tall you become as an adult.

Height differences between countries can be staggering. A recent study compiled by the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD RisC) research network updates the global ranking of average adult male ...

The graph's y-axis did not start at 0, creating a false perspective of what the average male height was in the selected countries. However, some of the numerical height values included in the graph ...

The tallest man to ever live was Robert Wadlow, who reached a staggering 2.72m. That's equal to a very large male ostrich or Shaquille O'Neal with two bowling pins balanced on his head. Wadlow had a ...

Genetics partially influences height, but other factors, such as nutrition, also affect how tall you become as an adult. The average height of a population can indicate the health of its people since ...