Why Tall People Die Younger: The ideal height for the longest life

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How true is “tall people die younger”? What's the correlation between height and life expectancy? What factors affect how long you will live? And are short people really more advantageous? Let’s get into it!

Sources:

[Do Tall People Die Younger]

[Tallest People In the World, And Why They Died]

[Height and Cancer Risk]

[Height and Heart Disease]

[Height and Genetics]

[Knowledge]

[Other Sources]

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[Brew]

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[godlycheese]

I'm 6'8" and knew this since I was young, not to mention cancer runs in my family, but I always noticed that I never saw many older men over 6'0, let alone 6'8". We're here for a good time, not a long time 👍🏽

[pigles]

My grandpa was 6’ 3”, he’s 94, still working and healthy

[mhaas]

I'm 5'8. Never felt Short. My great grandfather made it to 111 years and another got to 105. I think your life's diet plays a major role as you can destroy or heal yourself with proper nutrition.

[troy]

My great great grandfather is 6"14 and he's 178 years old I can't wait to share this with him.

[davidvelox]

“Tallest players lived the shortest, averaging a life span of 56 years”
*Me realizing Shaq turns 50 in March*
Protect this man at all costs

[tinabean]

One of my coworkers brought this up at work!! He's 6' 3", and I don't remember how the conversation started, but he ended up telling me how he didn't expect to live long. Now that I think about it, I think we started the conversation talking about how Great Danes tend to have heart problems. He said he didn't expect to live long, I asked him why?! And his response was, "Do you ever see any really tall (over 6') great grandpas?" I couldn't really give him an answer :X

[drmadjdsadjadi]

170 cm is 5’7”, not 5’5” and 182 cm is 5’11 1/2” not 5’9”. I think when Brew did the calculations, he rounded down to 5.5 feet and 5.9 feet rather than converting to inches. Also 175 cm is 5’9”: not 5’6”. While 5’3 is 160 cm, 162 cm is 5’4”, 5’7 is 170 cm, not 175 cm. Basically every single time Brew calculated the conversion from cm to inches, he got the calculations wrong (I believe that all of these studies used the metric system for measuring height).

[virginiadare]

My grandpa's brothers had an 8" height difference. They both lived to 90 years old. In general, the shorter of the 2 was healthier overall throughout most of their lives.

[kaizer]

My great grandpa was a 6'5+ filipino, he was so tall that his coffin was custom made. He died at the age of 114 years old

[leslieg.]

My 6'5" 89 year old dad will find this fascinating.

[tom-kzpb]

Being taller and larger frame might have an advantage in hand-to-hand combat, but there are other scenarios where it is a clear disadvantage. I had the epiphany when traveling in India that smaller body sizes there were an evolutionary survival trait, to cope historically with food shortages and risk of starvation. A larger body size would need a greater amount of food to nourish and sustain it. So smaller body size is an advantage in trying to survive when food supply is limited.

[sift]

My great grandpa was 6’5 and lived to around 81 he passed 2 years ago on top of this he was a such good man who loved all of us with all of his heart’s content he loved to laugh and makes jokes about the little things and always had a smile on his face when we were in the room :)

[lrod]

My Grandpa is my height of 6’2” and he turned 93 in June and he’s alive and kicking. Your genetics, diet and lifestyle choices really do play a role in how long you really live. Knowing I’m more likely to be predisposed to heart problems, I make it a point to mix Cardio into my workouts to keep my heart strong.

[nicholasharvey]

Both the world longevity record holder (Jeanne Calment, age 122) and the American record holder (Sarah Knauss, age 119) were under 5 feet tall, so being very short (but not quite a dwarf) is definitely an advantage to living an extremely long life. Japan and parts of Italy are known for having large centenarian (age 100+) populations, and these people tend to be shorter than Americans on average. I'm a 5'8" (1.72m) American man, certainly below average height, yet I would imagine that most of the oldest men on record were shorter than me.

[jojo._.]

Unit conversion mistakes in the video:

5'3 = 160cm
5'6 = 168 cm
5'5 = 165 cm
5'9 = 175 cm
5'7 = 170 cm

[josephmclennan]

My father is 5.9 and is 94, I'm 5.6 and worked construction all my life . AT 65 .all my joints fell good .no surgeries .I worked with lots of big guys, who have lots of back, knee, and shoulder surgeries.

[linkfromzelda]

“Tall people live shorter lives”

Me, self-conscious about being 5’5“: Perhaps I treated myself too harshly…”

[gunnasintern]

at a party rn…but Brew comes first of course

[LouieManza]

I just sent this video to wife. I've been telling her for years that real tall men live shorter lives. She always said I was full of it. This video confirmed my suspicion. My dad was 6'4. My brother was 6'4. Both dead. I'm 6'6. Now, perhaps my wife will begin to treat me a little better. 🤣