Height, an attribute that is largely set by adolescence, can be a sensitive issue for those who consider themselves short.

Conventional wisdom has it that being tall is advantageous. The problem with conventional wisdom is that it’s often wrong. There are studies that correlate height with happiness and higher salaries, ...

A person's height can influence their longterm health and risk for certain medical conditions in a number of ways. Now a study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine adds to the ...

The fabled NBA coach Red Auerbach once quipped, “You can’t teach height.” This, of course, was in reference to a sport in which height is a practical necessity. But why is it that tall people enjoy an ...

The average height for women in the United States is about 5 foot 4 inches (or about 63.7 inches) tall. The average height has increased over time. As of 2016, the average height for American women 20 ...