An average female's height increased 1.9 per cent from 159 cm to 162 cm during the first half of the century, while average male height rose 4 per cent from 170 cm to 177 cm.

The trend was also confirmed by assessing data from the World Bank’s Gini Index ... they found that women’s average height ...

Men around the world have gained height and weight twice as fast as women over the past century, a new study has found. Prof Lewis Halsey at the University of Roehampton and his colleagues used data ...

The trend was also confirmed by assessing data from the World Bank ... found that women’s average height increased by 0.25 centimeters every five years, while that of men increased by 0. ...