His great size and his continued growth in adulthood were due to hyperplasia of his pituitary gland which results in an abnormally high level of human growth hormone hgh. By the time of his 18th birthday he clocked in at just under 8 feet and 4.
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Robert wadlow weight and height. Robert wadlow 10 measuring six feet five inches poses with an 11 year old boy of average height in 1929. Ap there are ways to treat this condition now but there were no treatments available in the 1920s. Robert wadlow height weightbirth to deathbirth height no record weight 85 poundssix months height no record weight 30 poundsage 1 height. At age 13 robert measured in at 7 foot 4 inches weighing 250 pounds. 15 july 1940 aged. In february 1939 his official measurements at washington university were 8 feet 8 14 inches barefoot weight 491 pounds.
At the age of 9 height 6 2 12 189 m weight 180 lbs 82 kg he was strong enough to carry his 511 180 m 170 lb 77 kg father up the stairs to the second floor. He grew taller than his mother aged 5 and was taller than his kindergarten teacher. 272 cm 8 ft 11 weight. 220 kg 490 pounds eye color. Wadlow reached 8 ft 111 in 272 m in height and weighed 439 lb 199 kg at his death at age 22. Robert wadlow height weight age.
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