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What Should Your Bmi Be If You Are 6 Feet Tall?
A new study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology has found that men who are six feet tall or taller have a higher risk of the blood clots known as venous thromboembolisms than shorter men. In fact, researchers found that men in the study who were taller than six feet had double the clot risk of men who are shorter than five feet, eight inches. But the correlation between height and blood clot risk was not found in women, scientists say.
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