Professor David Geary, a cognitive scientist and evolutionary psychologist, has researched the topic of heights and says ...

Socioeconomic factors, like access to quality foods and genetics, play a major role in height differences. American males' 5-foot-9 average is somewhat in the middle of global height averages.

Medically reviewed by Gurdeep S. Sareen, PharmD The average heights of women around the world vary widely and are based on ...

Now, they have fallen to 37th-tallest for men and 42nd-tallest for women, after the two groups hit the American peak average height in 1996 and 1988, respectively. The study looked at growth ...

the average American male over the age of 30 is overweight. When it comes to height, at least, Americans fare better. American men are shorter than men from the Netherlands but taller than those ...

The average weight for women in the U.S. is 170.8 pounds, and the average height is 5 feet, 3 inches tall. These are mathematical calculations, so they don’t necessarily represent what’s typical or ...