Innovation in Aging, 2018

The close inverse relationship between male and female height and life expectancy.

By Samaras T, Marson S, & Lillis J.

Abstract

Many papers have provided reasons for why women live longer than men. These include XX vs. XY chromosomes, sex hormones, and better care of their health. In addition, males experience more deaths from homicides and risky behavior. These factors certainly can affect male and female health, but none has been proven to explain the actual difference that exists in life expectancy between the sexes.

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Abstract

Samaras Thomas T. Why Smaller Humans are in our Future. Policy Innovation, Carnegie Council 10/20/2014

Evidence for "Less is More" in relation to the human body

In nature, when animals get big, their numbers decline to match the resources available.  Humans are violating this biological rule by producing not only larger beings but more of them. Since larger people (taller and heavier) require much more of virtually everything, we are aggravating resource, food, and water shortages, and accelerating environmental damage. We are thus faced with a hard choice: do we control the process of getting smaller in a rational way or do we avoid action and let nature take its painful course?

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