Proud to be short

Hooray, I just found an interesting article in Reader’s Digest, apparently being tall is not a good thing after all, read the extract below:

Scientists have discovered the first gene that helps explain height differences in humans: HMGA2. Eventually, it may also provide insight into diseases such as cancer. “Even though improved nutrition means each generation is getting taller,” says study leader Dr Tim Frayling of Peninsula Medical School in the UK, “variation in height is almost entirely influenced by our genes,” That makes HMGA2 a model trait to study for its influence on disease risk. Among other things, it may explain why taller people have a slightly increased risk of certain cancer. ~RD, December 2007~

To all my fellow friends who have short stature and always being teased or bullied by those ‘tall’ people, don’t bother to revenge as they will live no longer, muahahaha….