On average, kids are bigger these days than they were 10, 20, 30 years ago, so it doesn't make much sense that school kids today are using the same school equipment as the kids from decades ago.

Sure, there are budgets to keep in mind, but over in the UK, recent studies are showing that kids are just too big for their school desks and chairs. Kids are taller, yes, but they're also wider -- and heavier. And not only is this a safety hazard, it's a health hazard -- kids are suffering back pains and other problems because of their too-small chairs, according to the Daily Mail.

So if it's time for new desks, wouldn't it be great if these desks could be worked into the budget?

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Your mother was right -- stop slouching and sit up straight! Why? Perfecting your posture is an easy way to look 10 lbs slimmer instantly. And that's just the icing on the cake -- having good posture will help your keep you spine healthy and flexible for years to come. After all, who wants to look like Quasimoto in their golden years?

Check out Divine Caroline to learn the ins and outs of good posture -- and straighten up with these quick tips:

• Sit on the tip of your chair. That way, you're unable to lean back and slouch.
• Check in with your posture every few minutes -- you might be slouching without realizing it. Sit up straight and squeeze your shoulder blades together.
• Get on the ball. The exercise ball, that is. Get one for your home office or ask your company to supply one for you.

How do you keep preserve your posture?

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I turns out I'm perfect at something. I'm perfect at having poor posture. Not only do my shoulders round forward -- likely the result of typing on the computer all the time -- but my back sways pretty good, my stomach pushes out, and I look a few inches shorter than I really am. I'm a pro at this stuff and am making no great progress at actually standing up as erect as I can. Old habits die hard.

The physical therapist who is treating my radiation-damaged muscles is the one who noticed my tendencies and she keeps sending me home with tips and techniques for straightening up. I'm trying -- not as often as I should, I will admit -- and I hope one day to actually measure at the 5 foot, 7 inches I report as my height. All I need to do is practice this posture exercise, a new one she gave me today -- it involves a blue band thrown over a closed door and me pulling it towards my body with locked elbows and hands turned outward -- and everything else she's mentioned over the course of our last four sessions together.

One more therapy session remains. Then I'll be on my own, armed with the knowledge to become perfect at something new: Standing tall.

I can't tell you how many pairs of athletic pants I've purchased only to find that I'm unable to wear them with actual athletic shoes because they're just too short. While I'm taller than average, I'm no giant, so I can't imagine how difficult it is for truly tall women to find yoga or warm up pants that don't show their socks.

I noticed about a year ago that Victoria's Secret offered yoga pants in long lengths, and I was so excited. Just so you understand, I'm not that concerned about how I look while I'm working out, but I like to have casual athletic pants for errands I run before or after the gym, and yoga pants are perfect for that. So, I went online to order, and get this: the pants were $29 to start with (alright, fine), and then when shipping (standard, within two weeks or so) and tax were added on, they came to nearly $40!

That's why I was ecstatic to find these C9 by Champion pants at Target available in long length. They're only $19.99 (there's another style available for $29.99), they're good quality, and THEY'RE LONG! I only see them in the store on occasion, but they are available online as well. They're also available in short length, so my vertically challenged girlfriends needn't feel left out, either.

Woo hoo! I'll never look like I'm getting ready to do yoga in a flood again!

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Here's a scary thought -- what if super-skinny Keira Knightley was one of the heftiest celebrities out there? Well, she is if you ask her. Knightley has been quoted as saying she's 'twice the size' of most actresses. To be fair, she is quite tall, but she claims her statement is due to "height and everything else." All I can say is, yikes. If she's large, what does that make us normal people?

Knightley goes on to say, "When you realise that I am, at my size, one of the largest actresses there, you start to think, 'I don't think it'd be healthy for me to stay here much longer.'"

While I don't under any circumstances think that she is one of the biggest actresses out there, at least she realizes that working in an industry that would lead her to believe that her petite frame is large is unhealthy.

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The airbag is a wonderful invention, and it saves countless lives every year. But airbags can also be dangerous in their own right, because they need to deploy so quickly and with such force. It's already a well-known fact that young children are at risk for injury from airbags, but some adults are too?

A new study shows that although airbags do a good job at decreasing injuries for adults of average height, they actually increase the risk of getting hurt for very short and very tall individuals. People under 4'11" run a 4% greater risk of getting seriously hurt, and those over 6'3" run a 5% greater risk.

That's got to be stressful for people who fall into those more dangerous height ranges. Airbags come standard on most vehicles these days, so it's not like the minority of very short or very tall people have the choice to pass on that option when buying a new car.

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Tall, dark, and .... at higher risk for an enlarged prostate? Researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center looked at factors like height, weight, blood pressure, blood sugar, and lipid levels in over 1200 Vietnam War veterans and compared their risk of developing an enlarged prostate, or BPH, over a period of almost 16 years. And, unfortunately for them, the tall guys got the short end of the deal (haha) by showing an increased likelihood to develop the disorder. The researchers were not necessarily surprised by these results, but what they didn't specify in the article is just how tall do they consider tall?

Regardless of height, however, the biggest factor in a man's risk for developing BPH is still the same as it always has been: getting older.

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