Do people really shrink as they age?
Well, if we believed our parents, they were all well over 6 feet tall in their prime, and have only shrunk to their current modest height due to the aging process. We set out to discover if there is any truth to this or if it’s simply a tall tale. A search on “people shrink older” promised to lead us to the long and short of it. At KidsHealth, we learned that people do indeed shrink gradually as they age, though it usually amounts to only an inch or so of height. According to another site, between the ages of 30 to 70, a man may lose about three centimeters as he ages, while a woman may lose five. As you grow older, you tend to lose both muscle and fat. You begin to feel the weight of gravity as your bones end up pressing closely together, resulting in a loss of height. A ma
