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NEWS ABOUT: height

height stories: 9 news summaries

 Sarko Uses Footstool 
 to Measure Up to Obama 

5'5" French president shorter than Napoleon

Jun 10, 09 7:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - At 5 feet 5 inches, Nicolas Sarkozy seems to feel a bit stature-challenged—so at the recent D-Day tribute, he used a 6-inch footstool, in addition to his elevator shoes, to hold his own against Barack Obama and Gordon Brown, the Daily Mail reports. Sarko “knew he was appearing... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • Gordon Brown • height • Napolean Bonaparte • D-Day • short • President Obama • Normandy

Taller Workers Top Pay Ladder

Extra 4 inches adds 2%-3% in hourly wages for women and men, Aussie study says

May 17, 09 7:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Taller workers have a leg up when it comes to paychecks, AFP reports. An Australian study has found that every additional 4 inches of height adds 3% to a man's hourly wage and 2% to a woman's. Five inches of extra height earns a man the salary of a worker... More »

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obesity • workplace discrimination • discrimination • weight • height

 Black Women 
 Getting Shorter: Study 

They're the only group to lose height over recent generations

Dec 26, 08 1:17 PM CST
(Newser) - While most of the American population is slowly gaining in height after a recent plateau, one group actually seems to be shrinking over the decades. Black women have lost about a half-inch on average compared to the previous generation, the exact opposite of the national trend, the Chicago Tribune reports,... More »

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obesity • health • height • black women • high calorie diet

OPINION

Latest US Drug Overdose: Hormones for Short Kids

Prevalence of 'lifestyle drugs' when some have no healthcare indictment of system

Oct 31, 08 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Since 2003, when the FDA relaxed restrictions on the use of growth hormone (GH) for children, more parents have been looking to give their shortest offspring a leg up in the world. But while many health professionals agree that taller kids may have higher self-esteem, dosing the short ones may... More »

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growth hormones • drug companies • children • height • children's health care • lifestyle drug

 Pint-Sized Men on Top of World

MLK, Bob Dylan, John McCain— all 5-foot-7

Aug 13, 08 2:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - The most successful Americans aren't towering over the rest of us from 6-foot-plus heights. The real elite stand at a modest 5-foot-7—not one inch taller, or shorter, writes comedian Dennis O'Toole in NPR. Martin Luther King, Frank Sinatra, Bob Dylan, John McCain—all short in stature but high on... More »

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Tom Cruise • height • short

 Oh Napoleon: 
 Tiny Leaders Rule G8 

Five don't pass the 5'6'' mark

Jul 6, 08 1:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - The leaders at this week's G8 summit are all political big shots, but they're pretty diminutive face-to-face—five don't even make it past 5'6''. Russia's Dmitry Medvedev brings up the short end of the stick at 5'2'', and Canada's Stephen Harper is the only one to pass the 6' mark.... More »

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Angela Merkel • Nicolas Sarkozy • Group of Eight • height • Stephen Harper • Silvio Berlusconi • Dmitry Medvedev • Napolean Bonaparte • George W. Bush • Kim Yong Il • Josef Stalin

Short Men
Seek Surgical Stretching

Bone-breaking procedure gaining takers, at $100K a pop

May 31, 08 10:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Short, and even not-so-short men who feel their height is holding them back in life are turning to surgery in growing numbers, Details reports. Clinics abroad offer cosmetic limb lengthening that can add a few inches of height, but the bill can top $100,000 and the procedure, which involves... More »

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surgery • height • surgeon • cosmetic surgery • body image

Great Heights Indeed for Ukraine Giant

8-foot-5 former veterinarian is world's tallest living man

Aug 9, 07 7:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Leonid Stadnik knows how the weather is up there. The 8-foot-5 Ukrainian was declared the planet's tallest man by Guinness World Records yesterday, the AP reports, displacing a 7-9 Mongolian. Stadnik is 6 inches short of the all-time mark, held by an American. More »

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China • growth hormones • world record • height • Ukraine • Leonid Stadnik • human growth hormone • Guinness World Records

World's Tallest Man Weds, But Wife Doesn't Measure Up

Mongolian marries
5'6" hometown honey

Jul 12, 07 5:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 7-foot, 9-inch livestock herder from Inner Mongolia has tied the knot with a saleswoman two-thirds his height and almost half his age. Bao Xishun, 56, and Xia Shujuan, 29, had a traditional Mongolian ceremony and extravagant reception, and some 15 businesses looking to get in on the publicity sponsored... More »

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China • Inner Mongolia • marriage • wedding • tallest man in the world • tall • height • Bao Xishun • lamb • yurt • herdsman

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