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A look at 50,000 young children found that those whose mothers were shorter than 57 inches were 70 percent more likely to have died by age 5 than those whose mothers were at least 63 inches tall.
Shorter women are likely to be less healthy as adults — height can indicate a woman’s overall health and nutrition from her childhood. Women with a smaller uterus may have more complications during gestation, the researchers said.

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