Medically reviewed by Michael Menna, DO Key Takeaways Men in the U.S. are taller on average than men worldwide.Genetics play a big role in how tall a person will be.Maternal health during pregnancy ...

On average, human males tend to be about 5 inches (13 centimeters) taller than females. But why? In short, we're not sure. Even though this sex-linked height difference exists across the world, we ...

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 ...

When it comes to achieving healthy body weight, some men might look to what’s average and use that as their goal. For instance, the average weight for men in the U.S. was 199.8 pounds from 2015 to ...

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Rochelle Collins, DO, is a board-certified family medicine physician and assistant clinical professor of family medicine at Quinnipiac University. Many things influence growth and body development in ...