Young People Bigger; 'Giant ' Race Forseen
I CHICAGO.—Signs that earth's inhabitants may be growing slowly into a’ race of giants are noted in a worldwide study uf heights and weights of young people. Every 121 years lor the past 80 years almost four-tenths of an inch has been added to the height of the average college student, the Journal of the American Medical Association reported in an editorial survey. For the population as a whole, the journal said the rate of growth “is somewhat smaller.' ’
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 278, 24 November 1936, Page 10
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