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By Matt Rosenberg, About.com Guide to Geography since 1997

Americans Slightly Taller, Much Heavier than 40 Years Ago

Sunday October 31, 2004
From the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "Adult men and women are roughly an inch taller than they were in 1960, but are nearly 25 pounds heavier on average as well." Read the news release online.

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