A man with a beard and a black t-shirt measures his height with a tape measure. Genetics partially influences height, but other factors, such as nutrition, also affect how tall you become as an adult.

“He’s going to be really tall!” exclaims your mother-in-law, watching your 2-year-old run in circles around the room. “How would you know?” you reply, attempting to protect him from the glass table.

Every four years, the world turns its attention to the Olympics to see competitors go "faster, higher, stronger." We tend to take this trajectory for granted, and average human height and life ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It's no secret that if your dad is tall and your mother is tall, you are probably going to be tall. But fully understanding the genetics of height has been a big order for ...

In a study of mouse and human genes, scientists pinpointed 145 genes that regulate the cartilage cells in kid's growth plates and could determine how tall they grow. When you purchase through links on ...

Genetics partially influences height, but other factors, such as nutrition, also affect how tall you become as an adult. The average height of a population can indicate the health of its people since ...