Who Is Tom? Tom was born in New York City. He attended New York State College where he specialized in electrical technology. He spent 2 years in the U.S. Army Signal Corps and moved to Los Angeles, where he attended California State University graduating in engineering. He worked for several engineering companies, such as Xerox, General Dynamics and Hughes Aircraft. He and his wife subsequently moved to San Diego, where he worked for General Atomic and General Dynamics. He obtained […]
Goals: Aims of “Reventropy Associates” Reventropy Associates was established in 1993 to focus on the ramifications of a world population that is constantly increasing in height and body weight. While many researchers have delved into specific areas of human height and growth, none has been devoted to the systematic evaluation of this critical area of human civilization. Tom Samaras founded Reventropy Associates and has worked with Harold Elrick, MD, Lowell H. Storms, PhD and Jonn Desnoes, MD, PhD, OMD, Andrzej […]
Important Questions Related to Body Size and Height Samaras and his associates have sought to answer these questions: Is the widespread bias favoring increased body size based on scientific evidence? Are there advantages to being shorter and lighter in weight? Are there survival benefits in avoiding the progressive trend in body size? The Western diet is tied to increased height and body size, but why do many eminent scientists attribute the high animal protein Western diet to increased chronic disease?
How Reventropy Associates got Started In the 1970s, Tom Samaras, a configuration management systems engineer, applied the Second Law of Thermodynamics to the aging process. This well-established theory indicates that systems deteriorate faster with increasing body mass and energy intake. Tom interpreted this theory to meaning that increasing human body size and energy intake promoter faster cellular and organ deteriorating which led to accelerated aging. His hypothesis led to the collection of height and weight data on humans to determine […]
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- Chmielewski P. The relationship between adult stature and longevity. Anthropological Review 2016, 79(4). 439-460. View here
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- Bartke A. Healthy aging: is smaller better? Gerontology 2012, 58(4): 337-343. View here
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- Martinez JA, et al. Mortality of NBA players. Appl. Sci. 2019, 9, 500; View here
- Ma W, et al. Adult height, dietary patterns and healthy aging. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2017, 106, 2, 589-596. View here
- Lemez S, et al. Do “big guys” really die younger? PLoS ONE 2017, 12(10): e0185617/ View here
- Chmielewski P. The relationship between adult stature and longevity. Anthropological Review 2016, 79(4). 439-460. View here
- Sohn K. Now, the taller die earlier: The curse of cancer. J. Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Scie 2016, 71(6): 713-719. View here
- Ringsby TH, et al. On being the right size: Increased body size is associated with reduced telomere length under natural conditions . Proceedings of The Royal Society B 2015, View here
- Shapiro, Streja, et al. Association of height with mortality in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol . 2015, View here
- He Q, et al. Shorter men live longer. 2014, PLoS ONE 9(5): e94385. View here
- Bartke A. Healthy aging: is smaller better? Gerontology 2012, 58(4): 337-343. View here
- Mueller U. and Mazur A. Tallness comes with higher mortality in two cohorts of US army officers. Paper submitted at XXVI IUSSP International Population Conference, 2009. View here
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A recent paper reported on the hidden benefits of shorter, smaller bodies. The report indicates that shorter, smaller people have faster reaction times, greater endurance, greater strength to weight ratio, and are more agile. They also have less cancer risk and lower intakes of toxins due to lower consumption of liquids and solid foods. See Samaras T. Hidden benefits of shorter, smaller bodies, JSRR 19(2), 2018, article no JSRR.40878. DOI: 10.9734/JSRR/2018/40878
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Research by Sharrow and Anderson (PLoSOne, 2016) found that twins survived longer than singletons. While not mentioned by the authors, the facts are that twins weigh about 2 pounds less than singletons at birth and tend to grow up being slightly lighter and shorter based on other studies. Identical twins, who tend to be the smallest, had a better survival rate vs. larger fraternal twins as well.
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