Can We Guess How Tall You Are?

Research indicates that three specific factors correlate with height: genetics (the height of your parents), nutrition (how well you ate as a child), and certain illnesses (whether or not you had them). That's how we guessed you were of smaller stature! Celebrate being short by doing a sport at which smaller people excel: jockeying, wrestling, archery--the list is long!

Three of the most reliable indicators of height are the height of your parents (genetics), how healthily you ate as a child (nutrition), and whether or not you had certain childhood sicknesses. We used your answers to guess that you were between 5 feet and 5 feet 4 inches tall!

Do you know the three strongest predictors of adult height? It's possible that you reached average to tall height because of genetics (how tall your parents were), nutrition (whether or not you ate healthy foods during childhood), and health (whether you had certain childhood sicknesses that might have stunted your growth). We used your responses to guess your height of 5 feet 5 inches to 6 feet!

Wow, you're tall! Perhaps you reached your height because of three major factors: You had at least one tall parent (genetics); you ate a balanced diet as a child (nutrition); and you didn't have any serious bouts of growth-stunting illnesses, such as asthma or arthritis, at a young age. Based on your responses, we guess that you are over 6 feet tall!