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Mannnn. I remember Kent. I hope they never take his videos down. Even though a lot of people have mean comments, he is so relatable. Every adult short guy has that moment where they see someone they haven't seen in years and remember them being the same height, but had a late growth spurt and now you feel like you were cheated. Luckily, it's a temporary feeling for most and you just learn to live with it.
I agree. It's almost like a sociological study.
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i have a normal sized torso but very short legs and have observed that many tall women simply have a normal length torso but very long legs. it is horrible to realize that a few more inches of femur length can tremendously improve a mans quality if life.
This must be why some opt to target femurs when leg lengthening.
I read somewhere that the average height in the colonial days in the U.S. was much shorter than it is today. You can see this with lower doorways in homes from that era. I also remember reading how the a lot of the armor (think knights) during medieval times were for men in the 5'11 range. What I take from that is that height lowers and rises in cycles.
Even though the study makes note that they surveyed native-born Americans, that can mean anything. It could be of ethnic groups that are shorter on average and their parents immigrated here a generation ago. Those second generation people would be considered "native-born".