Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD The average height for women is different across the world. In the United States, the ...

When it comes to achieving healthy body weight, some men might look to what’s average and use that as their goal. For ...

Human height has been evolving over the past century, with both men and women getting taller and heavier across the spectrum.

Higher inequality was associated with decreases in height and weight. Each unit increase in Gini was associated with an average reduction in height of approximately 0.14 centimeters in women and 0 ...

The size of human beings has increased over the past century thanks to better health and nutrition — but this change has not occurred equally among men and women, a new study shows.