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What age do hips stop growing?

Even though most people stop growing in height by the time they hit age 20, researchers have found evidence that the hip bones can keep growing even as people enter their 70s.

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No, you're not just imagining it: Your hips really do get wider as you get older, according to a new study. Even though most people stop growing in height by the time they hit age 20, researchers have found evidence that the hip bones can keep growing even as people enter their 70s. "I think it's a fairly common human experience that people find themselves to be wider at the age of 40 or 60 then they were at 20," study researcher Dr. Laurence E. Dahners, a professor in the orthopedics department at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, said in a statement. For years, people thought the widening was because of an increase in body fat, but the new findings show that pelvic growth may lead to an increase in waist size as people get older — and not just because they put on more weight, Dahners said. Dahners and his colleagues examined CT scans from 246 people to measure the width and the height of their vertebral body (to determine whether the patients are taller or larger than average to begin with), the width of their pelvic inlet (the middle of the pelvis where, for women, the birth canal opens up) and the distance between the hip joints, as well as the diameter of the hip joints. There were about 20 males and 20 females in each 10-year age group, starting from people ages 20 to 29 and going up to people ages 70 to 79. Researchers found that the width of the pelvis, the distance between the hip bones and the diameter of the hip bones all increased as people got older, even after people maxed out height-wise. The pelvic width of the oldest people in the study (ages 70 to 79) was, on average, about an inch larger than the youngest people (ages 20 to 29), according to the study. That translates to about a three-inch increase in waist size between someone age 20 and someone age 79. The new study was published May 25 in the Journal of Orthopaedic Research.

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How long is too long to stare?

Because new research from the U.K. shows that the perfect amount of time to stare at someone is about 3.3 seconds. Any longer or shorter and you'll creep them out, the study suggests.

Whether you’re checking out a beautiful woman or glancing at the new guy at work, count to three in your head and then look away. Why? Because new research from the U.K. shows that the perfect amount of time to stare at someone is about 3.3 seconds. Any longer or shorter and you’ll creep them out, the study suggests. Related: The Men’s Health Better Man Project—2,000+ Quick Tricks For Living Your Healthiest Life

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In the study, almost 500 people sat close to a screen displaying different clips of actors staring at them. On average, participants reported feeling uncomfortable when the actor’s gaze exceeded or stopped short of 3.3 seconds. This isn’t a physiological response, but rather, an unwritten social norm. “People learn and conform to a social standard that establishes how long the mutual gaze should last,” says Nicola Binetti, Ph.D., of University College London. Humans decided that around 3 seconds seemed like the right amount of time to stare and ran with it, much like we inherently know how firm our grasp should be when giving a handshake, Binetti says.

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But say you really like what you see, and you want to keep subtly staring without getting slapped. In that case, position yourself diagonally from the recipient of your stares, says body language expert Marc Salem, the author of The Six Keys to Unlock and Empower Your Mind. People interpret side glances as less invasive than straight-on stares, he says. And when you’re talking to someone, keep your eyes on the bridge of their nose, says Salem. This will seem less intrusive than if you were to stare right into their eyes.

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