According to a study carried out by a Finnish team from the University of Tampere and reported in the European Heart Journal, men under 5ft 4in and women under 5ft are 1.5 times more likely to develop and die from heart disease than taller adults. It is suggested that one reason may be that shorter people may have smaller blood vessels to the heart that clog more easily. The researchers reviewed 52 separate studies of over 3m people.

We have no control over our height, but it is only one factor of many and weight, smoking, exercise and diet are other factors which we can do something about.

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Source BBC website

European Heart Journal

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