Africans are not as tall as northern Europeans. But Manute Vol and other sports figures in basketball and football receive a lot of press coverage.

A rich diet does lead to earlier puberty but to my knowledge it does not student the adolescent growth spurt. Early pregnancy, before reaching adult height, does slow or stop growth.

People tend to shrink with age, especially after age 50 or so. It has to do with spaces between the joints amount of cartilage and posture. Bone length does not change.

Genes are very important at the individual level but these differences tend to cancel at the national level.

Young children from Guatemala who are adopted into the United States gain considerable height relative to the standards. So the height difference cannot be genetic.

I agree that zinc is one of the important micro-nutrients but people require a balanced blend of food for our biological engines.

The English were relatively short in the mid-nineteenth century and so their expeditions return with stories some exaggerated, not doubt about "giants" who lived in other parts of the world.

The knowledge that makes us cherish innocence makes innocence unattainable.

When you start believing that you are too old to enjoy something, you lose so much joy in your life.

Pray in the spirit when you call on the Lord to show you your calling

Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.

I had no idea what they were saying in Italian as a child, they spoke too quickly on the radio. But I realized that language was very funny.

Defeat isn't bitter if you don't swallow it.

The sun appears in one of the upper corners of the rectangle, on the left of anyone looking at the picture.

Be quiet. Part of your responsibility is to honour the quiet inside yourself so you can hear the call.

The interruption we now impatiently put off may be the most important thing we could be doing at this particular time?

I suppose we're not supposed to judge people.