What time of day is your true height?

[optimisticzoomer]

Height reduces throughout the day, so for a height I describe myself as, should I measure in the afternoon?
Also stretching to full height feels like frauding

 

[Deleted member 21182]

it reduces like 1cm i think not really enough

 

[Dystopian]

5 hours walking around is your real height as most people see you that way

So if you wake up at 8am it’s 1pm

 

[Magnum Opus]

Height reduces throughout the day, so for a height I describe myself as, should I measure in the afternoon?
Also stretching to full height feels like frauding

The height you state is your morning height. Most normies add 2cm by lying, you're not lying by saying a height you actually are throughout the day.

 

[optimisticzoomer]

The height you state is your morning height. Most normies add 2cm by lying, you're not lying by saying a height you actually are throughout the day.

What about stretching to max height? Should I just stand straight or as tall as possible?

 

[Deleted member 22780]

174 morning but I go down to 173 by night.

 

[Magnum Opus]

What about stretching to max height? Should I just stand straight or as tall as possible?

Stand straight at the wall

 

[optimisticzoomer]

Stand straight at the wall

The point is I can lengthen my neck which would make me taller

 

[Deleted member 24777]

Variations in height throughout the day Sir, It is well known that stature becomes less as the day progresses, but it is usually considered that gentle traction upwards on the head when measuring height will compensate for this effect. Whitehouse et aL (1974), using this technique, showed an average decrease in stature from 9.30 a.m. to 2 p.m. of only 2 mm in 19 boys, and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. of 4.6 mm in another group of 11 boys. Strickland and Shearin (1972), using a similar technique, showed a mean difference of 1 * 54 cm between the height of 100 children immediately after getting out of bed in the morning and between 4 and 5 p.m. The significance of the difference of heights dependent on time of day of measurement has recently become apparent in a longitudinal growth study. Estimations of the height of a subject undertaken in the latter part of the day using the method described by Tanner et al. (1966) with gentle traction have shown significant differences from those performed in the morning by the same technique and by the same competent observer (who was not influenced by knowledge of previous measurements). 28 boys (age range 7-14 years) have been measured in this way between 6 and 9 p.m. and between 9 a.m. and noon the following morning. Except for 2 subjects for whom the two measurements were the same, the morning height was greater than the evening one by amounts ranging from. 0 1 to 1 .4 cm (mean of 0. 6). The bulk of this change is in the trunk, as expected, and was indicated by similar changes in sitting height to those of total stature. Eight boys were measured late one evening and repeatedly through the ensuing day. Their measurements are shown in the Figure. The difference between the maximum and minimum heights for any individual is considerable (the maximum always being that on first rising in the morning), ranging from 0.8 to 2.8 cm. A large proportion of the extra early morning height is lost within the first few hours of being mobile during the day. The decline in height is not always continuous throughout the day nor are measurements necessarily identical at similar times on consecutive days. This may imply that even within the course of a day the pattern of activity may affect stature to a small degree. These observations must have implications in the interpretation of serial height measurements of children. In theory, observations should be undertaken at approximately the same time of day and following a similar pattem of activity, but certainly not immediately after getting out of bed. In the clinic these circumstances frequently apply, but when this is not the case the possibility of an error due to this variation, and not necessarily to accuracy of measurement, should be considered.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1545095/

 

[Deleted member 24777]

Variations in height throughout the day Sir, It is well known that stature becomes less as the day progresses, but it is usually considered that gentle traction upwards on the head when measuring height will compensate for this effect. Whitehouse et aL (1974), using this technique, showed an average decrease in stature from 9.30 a.m. to 2 p.m. of only 2 mm in 19 boys, and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. of 4.6 mm in another group of 11 boys. Strickland and Shearin (1972), using a similar technique, showed a mean difference of 1 * 54 cm between the height of 100 children immediately after getting out of bed in the morning and between 4 and 5 p.m. The significance of the difference of heights dependent on time of day of measurement has recently become apparent in a longitudinal growth study. Estimations of the height of a subject undertaken in the latter part of the day using the method described by Tanner et al. (1966) with gentle traction have shown significant differences from those performed in the morning by the same technique and by the same competent observer (who was not influenced by knowledge of previous measurements). 28 boys (age range 7-14 years) have been measured in this way between 6 and 9 p.m. and between 9 a.m. and noon the following morning. Except for 2 subjects for whom the two measurements were the same, the morning height was greater than the evening one by amounts ranging from. 0 1 to 1 .4 cm (mean of 0. 6). The bulk of this change is in the trunk, as expected, and was indicated by similar changes in sitting height to those of total stature. Eight boys were measured late one evening and repeatedly through the ensuing day. Their measurements are shown in the Figure. The difference between the maximum and minimum heights for any individual is considerable (the maximum always being that on first rising in the morning), ranging from 0.8 to 2.8 cm. A large proportion of the extra early morning height is lost within the first few hours of being mobile during the day. The decline in height is not always continuous throughout the day nor are measurements necessarily identical at similar times on consecutive days. This may imply that even within the course of a day the pattern of activity may affect stature to a small degree. These observations must have implications in the interpretation of serial height measurements of children. In theory, observations should be undertaken at approximately the same time of day and following a similar pattem of activity, but certainly not immediately after getting out of bed. In the clinic these circumstances frequently apply, but when this is not the case the possibility of an error due to this variation, and not necessarily to accuracy of measurement, should be considered.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1545095/

This means a decrease of 1.54cm occurred from morning to later that day.

 

[Jigen]

Any height that you measure at is your real height. It only decreases by 1-2cm and occurs to everyone anyways. You’re not gonna get called out for claiming your morning height of 6’ when you actually shrunk down to 5’11.6”.

 

[Deleted member 21766]

3:12PM

 

[Deleted member 24586]

Afternoon height is most accurate but technically morning height is also a valid height to claim. Especially considering how no one will be able to tell you lost 2cm in height.