Rural Children Now Grow Slightly Taller than City Children in Wealthy Countries

Share this on WhatsApp Science has long presumed that children living in cities grow faster and healthier than rural kids—but that trend has flipped over the past two decades, a new study suggests. A global study published Wednesday in Nature found that the average height of urban children and adolescents ages 5 to 19 is … Continue reading Rural Children Now Grow Slightly Taller than City Children in Wealthy Countries