00:00Have you noticed you're looking up at some of your younger friends who used to be your height?
00:04Or maybe you fell taller around your parents?
00:07Aging means you shrink with the passing of time.
00:10Experts haven't yet landed on the exact amount one can shrink,
00:13but the HuffPost reports less than an inch is normal,
00:16and any more than that may be indicative of an underlying issue.
00:20Men on average lose about 0.02% of their height per year,
00:25while women lose 0.1% per year.
00:27In a lifetime, that would be about 1 inch for men and 2 inches for women.
00:32It is completely normal to shrink.
00:34As muscles become weaker with time, the harder it becomes to hold your spine upright.
00:39WebMD says the chemical composition of your body changes as well.
00:43The cushion in between your bones could decrease and over time retain less water and deteriorate.
00:50And as the bones settle together, you lose height.
00:53People with osteoporosis, a disease that weakens your bones,
00:56can develop microfructures and be completely unaware of it,
01:00causing them to get shorter.
01:01As you age, get bone density checked.
01:04But as always, know that a healthy lifestyle can help slow down any shrinkage as well.
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