In 2014, a group of experts published research after monitoring more than 8,003 Japanese -American men.The lifestyle as well as the health status of these men has been supervised and studied closely for many years.Among the research subjects, about 1,200 people lived to the age of 90 and 100.

Research results show that short people are protected by the FoxO3 gene, which leads to smaller body size in the early stages of development, but helps them live more long.The amount of insulin in these people is lower and is less likely to get cancer.Specifically, men under 1m57 tall will live longer than the group over 1m62.

Another research conducted in 2003 published in Elsevier magazine discovered the relationship between height and life expectancy based on data from millions of deaths.According to the research results, the life expectancy of people in the short group will be longer than people with superior height.At the same time, the study showed that the small group "less chronic diseases related to the diet, especially in middle age".

A 2017 study analyzed the height and longevity of 3,901 former basketball players who were still alive and died from 1946 to 2010. The players with an average height of 1m97.In the study, 5% of the most outstanding height players died earlier than the 5% group players.

The survey of 2,500 Finnish male athletes offered the results of skating athletes lower than 1m8 to live more than 7 years compared to higher basketball players.In addition, a study based on the data of men who have been in the Italian army shows that the results of people under 1m61 will live at least 2 years more than the tall people on this landmark.

Why are people lower living longer?

According to Robine Jean-Marie Robine expert, the biological reason may be "When you are higher, you need more cell regeneration to fill your body and this only makes you exhausted quickly".‏

Tall people may have trillions of cells than low people, which can cause free radicals and carcinogens to contact, more impacting the cells.When humans grow old, alternative cells may not be available to repair tissue and tissue damage.

According to a study published in the journal Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, the disadvantages of tall people in both sexes are the risk of increasing cancer.On average, every 4 inches of height (over 10cm), women increased by about 13% to develop 1 of 19 types of cancer.

A study by the US National Cancer Institute also said that height increased proportional to cancer.When old, blood vessels harden, muscle atrophy, increase the burden on the heart, reduce the amount of pump blood, because the taller has longer blood vessels, so it is prone to cardiovascular disease and cerebrovascular problems.At the same time, the nutrients in the blood takes more time to go to the organs.

However, studies also demonstrate that higher people reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes in women and the risk of Alzheimer's disease.Experts say height is only a factor related to longevity, it is important to determine health and life for a long time or short depends on the living environment, living habits, economic conditions.In the same aspects.