Show college ciliege students taller than ahan GIs BERKELEY CALIF in the western part of the united states the average young woman Is 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs pounds while the average male Is 1 AM feet 8 inches in height heigh t and weighs eigas pounds these averages average were gathered in i measurement survey by dr theodore D mccown university of california anthropologist for the ommittee on prosthetic devices ot of the tha national research council the study was made m ado to obtain average arm and leg measurements and the tha standard statistics obtained will be used in the improvement of artificial limbs the 1000 young women measured were college students and WAVES meri men measured included sol diers and sailors college stu tu dents and males from the general population greater differences were found among amon th tha C college 0 1 students than among tie the sol 0 1 rs and sailors college students oer r re about one inch taller and two nd d one quarter pounds heavier than military personnel |