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1. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesHeight, body size, and longevity: is smaller better for the...

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   HEIGHT AND HEALTH. In the past 20 years, the “bigger is better” misconception hasbeen promoted by studies that found that taller people—men over 183 cm (6 ft) and women over 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)—have lower death rates fromheart disease and all causes than shorter people (men under 170 cm [5 ft 7 in]and women under 150 cm [4 ft 11 in]).

2. slate.com › technology › 2013Height and longevity: The research is clear—being tall is ...

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   Jul 30, 2013 · Last week, a team of researchers led by Geoffrey Kabat of Albert Einstein College of Medicine published a study showing that each additional 4 inches of height increases the risk of all...

3. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesAdult height, nutrition, and population health - PMC

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   Feb 29, 2016 · Height is associated with improved social and economic development and has consequences for current and future population health and well-being. As such, adult stature is a measure that, at least partially, captures current human capital and human capability at the population level.

   • Author: Jessica M. Perkins, S.V. Subramanian, George Davey Smith, Emre Özaltin
   • DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuv105

   • Publish Year: 2016
   • Publication: Nutr Rev. 2016 Mar; 74(3): 149-165.

4. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesA century of trends in adult human height - PMC

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   Jul 26, 2016 · Being taller is associated with enhanced longevity, and higher education and earnings. We reanalysed 1472 population-based studies, with measurement of height on more than 18.6 million participants to estimate mean height for people born between 1896 and 1996 in 200 countries.

   • DOI: 10.7554/eLife.13410
   • Published: 2016

   • Publication: eLife. 2016; 5: e13410.

5. lens.elifesciences.org › 13410 › indexA century of trends in adult human height | eLife Lens

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   Adult height signifies not only foetal and early childhood nutrition, which was included in the Millennium Development Goals, but also that of adolescents (Lancet, 2014). Further, adult height is a link between these early-life experiences and NCDs, longevity, education and earnings.

6. ieltscharlie.com › ielts-model-essay-increasedIELTS Model Essay: Increased Life Expectancy

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   Feb 5, 2020 · In this post, I’m going to write an IELTS Writing Task 2 model essay in response to this question about increased life expectancy from Test 2 of The Official Cambridge Guide To IELTS: You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

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   Why is height important?

   • Height is associated with improved social and economic development and has consequences for current and future population health and well-being. As such, adult stature is a measure that, at least partially, captures current human capital and human capability at the population level.

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   Does being taller increase life expectancy?

   • Being taller is associated with enhanced longevity, and higher education and earnings. We reanalysed 1472 population-based studies, with measurement of height on more than 18.6 million participants to estimate mean height for people born between 1896 and 1996 in 200 countries.

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   How important is height in early adulthood?

   • Therefore, height in early adulthood, which varies substantially across countries and over time, provides a measurable indicator for sustainable development, with links to health and longevity, nutrition, education and economic productivity.

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   Can adult height be used as a measure of Health and development?

   • By at least partially representing past health, current health, and future health as well as the impact of environmental conditions over time on cumulative net nutrition, adult height can be used as a marker of long-term progress in global health and development.

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8. www.ieltspodcast.com › average-life-expectancyTask 1 Sample essay about life expectancy | IELTSPodcast

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   The graph organizes the country from longest life expectancy to shortest, left to right. Individuals in Monaco have the longest life expectancy, well over 84 years. Next highest is the United States, with a life expectancy around 75 years.