身高的减低是衰老的表现,具有普遍性。本文试图研究体育锻炼能延缓这种萎缩过程,笔者对长春市407名老、中、青年人的身高进行了调查统计,结果表明:体育锻炼确能延缓身高的萎缩。在调查范围内的各个年龄阶段,男女锻炼组都比一般组的身高减低有明显的延缓现象。 Decrease in height is a manifestation of aging. It is universal. This article attempts to study that physical exercise can delay this process of atrophy. The author has investigated and measured the height of 407 old, middle and young people in Changchun City. The results show that physical exercise can actually delay the decline of height. At all ages within the scope of the survey, there was a significant delay in the reduction of the height of the male and female exercise groups compared with the general group.