[Lagmeister]

Bloomy seems to grow taller over the last few years/months...

Nov 24, 2019The Newsday report in 2001 described Mr. Bloomberg as slightly shorter than a 5-foot-8 press aide, Jerry Russo. A Daily News article in 2003 put the mayor's height at 5-foot-6.

[spokeshave]

Bloomie born in 1942...same as Spokeshave...that makes us 78 this year

As a 78 year old I can verify that I have lost 1.5 inches in height

In my prime I was 6ft 1 inch....now I weigh in (no pun intended) at 5ft 11.5 inches.

My doctor explained that one effect of aging and disc degeneration is that the nucleus pulposus begins to dehydrate and the concentration of proteoglycans in the matrix decreases, thus limiting the ability of the disc to absorb shock.

This general shrinking of disc size is partially responsible for the common decrease in height as humans age.