News and research on the social, psychological and health aspects of being short is hard to come by. Fortunately, that is beginning to change. We scoured the Internet to find news articles about being short.

You can view a list of all news articles that we found or just those in a particular category. There are three major categories, a General category, a category for Adults who are short, and category for Parents of Children who are short. To be considered a news article, the piece must be published by an organization, not an individual, and have an associated publication date. A  symbol next to a subcategory indicates that there is at least one news article in that category that was added within the past month.

If you know of any other news articles that should be included, please send email to editor@shortsupport.org.

• All News Articles   [ 742 ]  

• General Topics
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrities   [ 36 ]  
      Here are a few news articles about famous short people in the news.

    • Music   [ 5 ]  
      Besides Randy Newman's caustic 'Short People', the subject has not had much exposure in the music world.

    • Sports   [ 7 ]  
      Sometimes, someone short makes it in the sports world. However, you will not find articles here about some pro football or basketball player who at 6 foot plus is considered short for his or her profession.

• Adult Topics
  • Auto
    • General   [ 3 ]  
      Describes auto modifications that can make a car more suitable to the short driver.

    • Airbag Safety   [ 21 ]  
      In late 1997, the public became aware that airbag deployments could seriously hurt or kill children and short adults.

  • Clothes
    • Men   [ 24 ]  
      As hard as we tried, we could not find many articles on clothes for the short man.

    • Women   [ 39 ]  
      However, there is a lot of information available for petite women.

  • Health
    • General   [ 48 ]  
      Miscellaneous articles on Adult Health that do not fall into one of the remaining categories below.

    • Leg Lengthening   [ 39 ]  
      The Leg Lengthening procedure is dangerous and painful but some short people opt for it to gain a few more inches. See also Health: Leg Lengthening.

    • Men   [ 4 ]  
      Two studies show that short men are at greater risk for strokes and heart diseases.

    • Women   [ 7 ]  
      One study showed that there is a link between women's height and breast cancer.

  • Social Issues
    • General   [ 59 ]  
      Miscellaneous articles on Adult Social Issues that do not fall into one of the remaining categories below.

    • Economics   [ 40 ]  
      Many studies have shown that, all other factors being equal, short people earn less than their taller peers.

    • Dating   [ 54 ]  
      Short men often find it difficult meeting women for romantic relationships. Most of these articles support this but there is also some hope. See also Resources : Relationships.

    • Dwarfism   [ 87 ]  
      In the last few years there have been a few gatherings of Little People that were covered by the news media. Other articles cover stories about individuals and groups trying to change society's image of people with dwarfism.

    • Men   [ 52 ]  
      These articles describe the non-dating issues short men face. See especially the seminal 1995 Economist article.

    • Women   [ 14 ]  
      A variety of social comments on what it means to be a short woman.

    • Politics   [ 25 ]  
      These articles highlight short politicians or question why taller candidates more often win over shorter candidates.

• Children's Topics
  • Health
    • General   [ 23 ]  
      Miscellaneous articles on Children's Health that do not fall into one of the remaining categories below.

    • Dwarfism   [ 34 ]  
      Many health problems related to dwarfism affect both children and adults indiscriminately. For simplicity, all dwarfism health articles appear in the category.

    • Human Growth Hormone   [ 85 ]  
      These articles present pros and cons and many opinions of providing supplemental Human Growth Hormone to children that are not growing as fast as their peers. In the summer of 2004, the FDA approved HGH treatments for children who are very short but otherwise healthy. This sparked a new debate between parents’ desire for taller children vs. societies unwarranted undervaluation of people who happen to be short. See also Health: Children.

    • Boys   [ 3 ]  
      Health topics specifically about short boys.

    • Girls   [ 4 ]  
      Two studies show that girls who are anxious are shorter in adulthood.

  • Social Issues
    • General   [ 29 ]  
      These articles are split 50/50 on the importance of height to a child's development.