Why do people become smaller as they get older?

JoshCaleb12

I'm not sure if it is the bones themselves that shrink... but I do know that their spine becomes more compacted as the disks between the vertabrae shrink. http://www.dearanswerlady.com/html/shrink.html Jan 02 06, 1:36 AM

Arpeggionist

Also, it probably has to do with the fact that the average hight of people has gone up in the last generation. My grandfather was 6'2" and considered to be of a towering hight, whereas today it is only little taller than most people (I'm 5'11"). So when you see a 6-foot man over 70 years of age, he was probably one of the tallest people he knew when he was younger. Jan 02 06, 1:42 AM

helenasykes

cartilage Jan 02 06, 10:49 AM

gelpo

Because the cartilidge in the knees, back, and various other parts of the body are worn away after years of walking upright and doing work. Jan 02 06, 11:33 AM

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