Feeling a little wider?
People gradually stop growing taller as they reach a certain point in their lives, but another downside is that we also continue to widen into old age.
People gradually stop growing taller as they reach a certain point in their lives, but another downside is that we also continue to widen into old age.
A new study has shown skeletal enlargement, thought to stop by about age 20, along with skeletal maturity, continues throughout life.
The study’s findings suggested pelvic growth may contribute to people becoming wider and having a larger waist size as they become older.
Senior author, Dr Laurence E. Dahners, said until recently, people assumed this was caused by an increase in body fat.
A one-inch differential was recorded in the pelvic widths of volunteers aged 20 to 79-years-old.
According to the study’s researchers, this could lead to a three-inch increase in waist size and a significant amount of body fat over a person’s lifetime.
