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post #1 of 105
1/8/10 at 3:16pm
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I just remember just awhile ago, avg height for white adult males was about 5'9. and then last year i remember they said it was 5'10.
now i checked and they say it is 5'10.5 as the average.

and all of these were statistics for recent years. so i dont get it, are they going to say avg height will be 6 feet one day this year? then that puts me in the short category.

im beginning to think these statistics are not accurate and perhaps measured with shoes on or something.

basically, where is an accurate source for this information?
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post #2 of 105
1/8/10 at 3:18pm
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Originally Posted by sho'nuff View Post
I just remember just awhile ago, avg height for white adult males was about 5'9. and then last year i remember they said it was 5'10.
now i checked and they say it is 5'10.5 as the average.

and all of these were statistics for recent years. so i dont get it, are they going to say avg height will be 6 feet one day this year? then that puts me in the short category.

im beginning to think these statistics are not accurate and perhaps measured with shoes on or something.

basically, where is an accurate source for this information?

Huh? Is that so important to you? For the record I'm 5'8" and don't feel particularly short walking around, I'd still say the average US height is more along 5'10" or so but that's a huge guess...
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post #3 of 105
1/8/10 at 3:19pm
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it is important enough for me to spend a minute typing this up. it is a thought, i just post it.
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post #4 of 105
1/8/10 at 3:22pm
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Originally Posted by sho'nuff View Post
it is important enough for me to spend a minute typing this up. it is a thought, i just post it.
Don't worry, height usually takes a couple of decades to vary much, you'll be a decrepit oldman by then. The 5'8"/5'9" number (think it was 5'8") came from WWII as all the dudes drafted were measured. I think the average shoe size was 9. It's not a topic I follow much so that's all I can contribute. In my experience the biggest variation I have with American people is over weight, not even funny when I walk the streets.
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post #5 of 105
1/8/10 at 3:27pm
I'm 6'0, how long before I'm too short?
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post #6 of 105
1/8/10 at 3:31pm
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Originally Posted by sho'nuff View Post
it is important enough for me to spend a minute typing this up. it is a thought, i just post it.

Download the source PDF:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/bodymeas.htm

National Center for Health Statistics will give you the best standardized data on US national statistics
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post #7 of 105
1/8/10 at 3:31pm
you may not feel particularly short, but you are.

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Huh? Is that so important to you? For the record I'm 5'8" and don't feel particularly short walking around, I'd still say the average US height is more along 5'10" or so but that's a huge guess...
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post #8 of 105
1/8/10 at 3:34pm
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Originally Posted by Fuuma View Post
Huh? Is that so important to you? For the record I'm 5'8" and don't feel particularly short walking around, I'd still say the average US height is more along 5'10" or so but that's a huge guess...

Shorty.
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post #9 of 105
1/8/10 at 3:34pm
The figure you poasted is for Caucasian males. Why compare yourself to roundeyes? You are probably just right for an Asian guy.
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post #10 of 105
1/8/10 at 3:40pm
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Download the source PDF: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/bodymeas.htm National Center for Health Statistics will give you the best standardized data on US national statistics
Jesus, according to that, the avg. US BMI is 28.4.
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post #11 of 105
1/8/10 at 3:41pm
have and been averaged in yet?
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post #12 of 105
1/8/10 at 3:42pm
I think I may be 5'9" now.
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post #13 of 105
1/8/10 at 3:43pm
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Originally Posted by Gradstudent78 View Post
Download the source PDF:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/bodymeas.htm

National Center for Health Statistics will give you the best standardized data on US national statistics

that is crazy info. avg us male waist is 39 inches????

are you sure this is correct? it says that avg height for over 20 years is 5'9 but maybe they are including all ethnicities.
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post #14 of 105
1/8/10 at 3:44pm
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Originally Posted by Connemara View Post
I think I may be 5'9" now.

wearing heels again?
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post #15 of 105
1/8/10 at 3:44pm
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I'm 6'0, how long before I'm too short?

haha. seriously


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Originally Posted by warlok1965 View Post
The figure you poasted is for Caucasian males. Why compare yourself to roundeyes? You are probably just right for an Asian guy.


thing is , i am in a society of mostly white guys. i want to compare myself to them.
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