I remember from watching a program a few years back they measured what would be the world's tallest living man. On that program, they said something about heights varying during times of the day. I just wanted to know if it is true or not.
2007-03-24 09:41:38 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
i think you get shorter as the day goes on
2007-03-24 09:44:42 · answer #1 · answered by A R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is true. Apparently you are a couple of millimetres taller first thing in the morning due to lying down during the night. However throughout the day you get shorter because of gravitational pull.
2007-03-24 09:46:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes this is true, however the affect is very small, you will get about 1cm (1/2 inch) smaller in a day; this is because you spend alot of time upright and gravity pulls our bones closer together (but very slightly).
As you sleep gravity is not squashing you down so the bones recover.
2007-03-25 00:33:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is.... when you first wake up in the morning, you are at your tallest. Its during the day that gravity is gradually pushing you down and thus reducing your height. Its not like loosing a foot or metre though, we're talking mils if that!
Try it and let us know! :)
2007-03-24 09:45:16 · answer #4 · answered by Zoe D 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure you do. During the day, the disks in your spine compress making yourself shorter. Then when you go to sleep you grow more and those disks aren't under any pressure. People get taller because they grow more than they shrink during the day. if your body stopped growing then you will mosty likely get shorter over time
2007-03-24 09:47:49 · answer #5 · answered by Kurt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Inthe morning. you are taller and during the rest of the day you are shorter. Atmospheric pressure cause us to be shorter during the day. It has no effect on height at night because you are sleeping horizontally on your bed.
2007-03-25 09:33:41 · answer #6 · answered by Acorn barnacle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. You are at your tallest when you wake up. As your day goes on, you lose about an inch due to gravity....As you sleep, you spine acts sorta like a spring and brings you back to your normal heighth
2007-03-24 09:46:38 · answer #7 · answered by RScott 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes its true,however its due to the compression of the spine,nothing to do with the legs etc,a common example is with drivers who adjust thier inside mirror,first thing in the morning,then change it again in the afternoon and again in the evening,the following morning the driver will adjust it back to its origional position,and so on and so forth.
2007-03-24 09:56:41 · answer #8 · answered by nickin212 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes ,it is...
If you want to know your height,measure it in the morning, because in the evening you will be almost 2 centimeters shorter...
2007-03-24 09:49:42 · answer #9 · answered by Tymeea 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. your weight pushes down on you a tiny bit throughout the day.
2007-03-24 09:45:40 · answer #10 · answered by MLBfreek35 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah you are taller after a good nights sleep, and when you go to sleep you are shorter because of all the pressure of the day.
2007-03-24 09:44:22 · answer #11 · answered by Watel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋