http://notmuchfits.co.uk A guide to being TALL in a short sighted world. Mon, 12 May 2008 21:58:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A Friesian bullock is set to break records as Britain's tallest cow, his owners claimed today. The 6ft 6ins cow, named Chilli, towers over other cattle in his herd at the Ferne Animal Sanctuary in Chard, Somerset. Staff at the sanctuary have applied to Guinness World Records to have him named as ... http://notmuchfits.co.uk/2008/05/12/high-hopes-for-britains-tallest-cow/ The Independent By James Corrigan Friday, 29 February 2008 Sir Steve Redgrave's somewhat lofty ambition to prove his theory that "if you're big enough, you're good enough" took one almighty step forward yesterday with the announcement that his "Sporting Giants" initiative has added 34 rowers, 11 handball players and seven volleyball players to ... http://notmuchfits.co.uk/2008/02/29/olympics-redgrave-makes-giant-strides-for-team-2012/ A Virginia sheriff's deputy who's the tallest man in America will sleep a little more comfortably now. Guinness Book of World Records named Norfolk's George Bell the tallest man in the United States in November. He is 7 feet 8 inches tall. Bell has had trouble finding a big enough ... http://notmuchfits.co.uk/2008/02/21/tallest-cop-gets-tall-bed/ Here a pretty good community for tall people online I've found. http://community.livejournal.com/tall/profile http://notmuchfits.co.uk/2008/02/10/were-tall-people/ Matthew Everitt Saturday December 15, 2007 The Guardian Most people don't say anything until after they've passed by. Then they'll turn and gawp. It doesn't bother ... http://notmuchfits.co.uk/2007/12/15/i-am-a-giant/ The Daily Telegraph 18/10/07 Roger Highfield Short people suffer worse physical and mental health than those of normal height, scientists claim today. They also claim shorter people would feel much better about themselves if they were only marginally taller, and so could improve their health just by wearing high-heeled shoes. The researchers, led ... http://notmuchfits.co.uk/2007/10/18/shortness-is-bad-for-your-health/ The Guardian Monday September 3 2007 The first gene linked to tallness, one of the most heritable of traits, has been discovered by scientists, a finding that is expected to shed light on human development and further understanding of cancer. An international team including researchers at Oxford and Exeter analysed DNA from ... http://notmuchfits.co.uk/2007/09/03/scientists-find-a-gene-that-makes-some-people-taller/ Stephen Moss Saturday August 25, 2007 The Guardian I am 6ft 4in, which yesterday made me one of the shorter men in the Wotton ... http://notmuchfits.co.uk/2007/08/27/club-members-gather-to-find-solace-in-heightist-world/ Guinness World Records -Search for The Tallest Man in each country For more than 50 years Guinness World Records has been chronicling records including the Tallest Man in the World and now we are looking to find the Tallest Man in each country*. ... http://notmuchfits.co.uk/2007/08/14/soyou-think-youre-tall/ A Ukrainian man has been officially recognised as the tallest person in the world, rising above the previous Chinese holder of the title. Leonid Stadnik lives at home with his mother Leonid Stadnik, a 37-year-old former veterinarian, was measured at 8 feet 5 inches (2.57 metres) in 2006, making him more than ... http://notmuchfits.co.uk/2007/08/10/ukrainian-crowned-worlds-tallest-man/ Wiltshire Times - Sport News GB Rowing, alongside UK Sport and the English Institute of Sport, are set to test 2,000 people aged between 16-25 who responded earlier this year to a national call for tall people' to come forward to try out for future Olympic Games. The testing, starting on July ... http://notmuchfits.co.uk/2007/07/22/tall-people-wanted-for-olympics-test/ Experts say height is key in measuring society's well-being By MATT CRENSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK -- America used to be the tallest country in the world. From the days of the Founding Fathers right on through the Industrial Revolution and two world wars, Americans literally towered over other nations. But just as it ... http://notmuchfits.co.uk/2007/07/16/americans-no-longer-tallest-in-the-worlds-nations/ Thursday 12 July 2007 9:00pm - 10:00pm on ITV1. Paul Sturgess is an incredible 7 foot 7 inches tall and 19 years old. As the tallest teenager in Britain, Paul looks set to become a record breaker and be crowned the world’s tallest man. The title is currently held by Mao ... http://notmuchfits.co.uk/2007/07/11/supersize-kids-britain%e2%80%99s-tallest-teens-on-itv/ People who are overweight, very tall or short may run a risk up to 100 times higher of developing venous thrombosis after air travel, experts in Vienna said Friday. Experts at the 12th Congress of the European Hematology Association, shored up by a WHO study presented at the meeting, said ... http://notmuchfits.co.uk/2007/06/08/tall-people-more-at-risk-of-dvt-on-planes/ Automotive airbags, originally designed with people of average height in mind, could actually increase the chances of car accident-related injury and death for very short or tall people.The findings, prsented this week at the annual Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, are based on an analysis of 65,000 people involved in ... http://notmuchfits.co.uk/2007/05/18/airbags-up-collision-risks-for-very-tall-very-short/