Tall Women’s Satisfaction with their Height: General Population Data Challenge Assumptions behind Medical Interventions to Stunt Girls’ Growth
Received 30 June 2006; accepted 5 September 2006. published online 27 October 2006.
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.
aDepartment of Sociology, California State University, Los Angeles, California
bDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
cFPR-UCLA Center for Culture, Brain, and Development, Los Angeles, California
dUCLA Center for Behavior, Evolution, and Culture, Los Angeles, California
Address correspondence to: Dr. David A. Frederick, Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1285 Franz Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563.
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