You already know we're getting heavier. Rising obesity rates are as American as apple pie a cliché that seems freshly relevant in this context. But did you know we're also getting shorter?
We didn'.
An analysis conducted by the Washington Post, which reference multiple reports from various organizations, revealed that the average heights for Americans has dwindled over generations and there's even a divide among professions.
Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) shows that since around 2000, women have shrunk by nearly half an inch on average, while men are down about a tenth of an inch.