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title: "Big and Little Facts About Your Height"  
description: "Tall people make $789 more each year per extra inch, shorter folks may have a lower cancer risk, and other fascinating truths about your stature."  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-12-09  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1805/big-and-little-facts-about-your-height  
category: "health and fitness"  
tags: ["Height", "facts about height", "Height facts", "Big and little facts"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Big and Little Facts About Your Height

![Big and Little Facts About Your Height](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0c76d479-3092-4164-8cb8-988cd638754f/images/ed92a1df-e3ed-4c35-82ba-269baed022fd.jpeg) ![Big and Little Facts About Your Height](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0c76d479-3092-4164-8cb8-988cd638754f/images/9899c061-8f3a-4653-9065-ab8de1c9f5c0.jpeg) You Grow Fastest In Your First Year ![Big and Little Facts About Your Height](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0c76d479-3092-4164-8cb8-988cd638754f/images/f8fd54e8-cacf-4244-955d-acdfa9a57bad.jpeg) Americans Are No Longer the World's Tallest ![Big and Little Facts About Your Height](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0c76d479-3092-4164-8cb8-988cd638754f/images/c18156c1-ddc0-4fcd-a77e-fe7a10a43944.jpeg) Your Height Changes All Day Long ![Big and Little Facts About Your Height](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0c76d479-3092-4164-8cb8-988cd638754f/images/297f4f3c-fbd5-477d-b214-3b395fe6441e.jpeg) Roughly 60 to 80 percent of your height is determined by genetics, while the rest depends on environmental factors, namely childhood nutrition ![Big and Little Facts About Your Height](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/0c76d479-3092-4164-8cb8-988cd638754f/images/6ac5f9ec-2d8e-469b-8435-1bad9afe02c5.jpeg) The taller you are, the greater your risk of cancer, according to a study in the journal Lancet Oncology.

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