PRINCETON, N.J., Sep 9, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Researchers at Princeton
University in New Jersey said their study suggests tall people lead happier
lives than those of lower stature.
The researchers analyzed data from 450,000 people over the age of 18, collected
between January 2008 and April 2009 for the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index,
Britain's The Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday.
They said their findings indicate taller people were more likely to be positive
about their lives and describe themselves as happy and were less likely to
complain of persistent sadness or physical pain. Meanwhile, men who described
their lives as the "worst possible" tended to be more then eight-tenths of an
inch shorter than average and women who said the same about their lives tended
to be about half an inch shorter than the female average.
The study said men who did not finish secondary school were an average half an
inch shorter than the mean height for graduates and more than an inch shorter
than those who completed a college degree. The researchers said they did not
find a link between height and education among women.
The report did not give an average height for U.S. adults, but Wikipedia puts it
at 5 feet 9.4 inches for men and 5 feet 3.8 for women for those more than 20
years old.
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