Short People are a drain on the health care system

genlock · Post by **genlock** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 5:53 am

Those not blessed with height are often accused of having a chip on their shoulder.

Now a study has found that they might, in fact, have an unhealthy attitude to life.

Short men and women apparently complain of poorer mental and physical health than those of an average height.

Researchers examined more than 14,000 responses to the 2003 Health Survey for England.

The subjects had given details of their height, weight, age, gender, long-standing illness and social class.

They were then asked to rate their health on a range of indicators such as mobility, pain and depression.

Those in the shortest height category - men shorter than 5ft 4in and women shorter than 5ft - reported much poorer health, according to the report in the journal Clinical Endocrinology.

Bob Campbell · Post by **Bob Campbell** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:47 am

Randy Newman was right!

Ace Purple · Post by **Ace Purple** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 4:37 pm

genlock · Post by **genlock** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 5:39 pm

Ace Purple wrote:

Still a loser.

jag · Post by **jag** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:14 am

Hey, where did you find that picture of President Bush from the early days of his administration?