Tall Women’s Satisfaction with their Height: General Population Data Challenge Assumptions behind Medical Interventions to Stunt Girls’ Growth
Abstract
One-third of American pediatric endocrinologists offer growth-suppression treatments for tall girls despite serious medical risks and little or no evidence of benefit to psychosocial functioning. A survey of 59,632 adults shows that most tall women are satisfied with their height, which raises questions about the continued use of growth-suppression treatments.
Keywords: Body image, Women, Men, Tall, Stature, Height, Estrogen, Growth suppression
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PII: S1054-139X(06)00333-8
doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.09.004
© 2007 Society for Adolescent Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
