The average weight for women in the U.S. is 170.8 pounds, and the average height is 5 feet, 3 inches tall. These are ...

In the UK, where the HDI rose from 0.8 in 1900 to 0.94 in 2022, the average height of women rose from 159cm to 162cm, an increase of 1.9%. For men, it rose from 170cm to 177cm, an increase of 4%.

Now, they have fallen to 37th-tallest for men and 42nd-tallest for women, after the two groups hit the American peak average height in 1996 and 1988, respectively. The study looked at growth ...