Your physique: what does your hand reveal about your health?

Are you tall, short, or got a small head? Don’t forget to take a look at your fingers! Recently Roger Dobson – author at MailOnline.co.uk presented an informative article with the title: ‘Tall, short – or got a small head? Here’s what your physique reveals about your health’. The article describes how various body dimensions – varying from body length to foot size – can indicate useful information about your risk of developing certain conditions, varying from cancer through to dementia & heart disease. The continuation presents a quote from Roger Dobson’s article about the 2D:4D digit length ratio – the hand characterstic that has become very well-known in the past few years through the work and the 2 books of ‘the finger’ Professor John T. Manning Roger Dobson wrote in his article about the hand: “IF YOU HAVE LONG FINGERS Autism and ADHD, mental illness/depression A range of disorders has been linked to the length of fingers, and in particular the ratio between index and ring fingers. The ratio is thought to be a marker of what was happening hormonally in the womb when the foetus developed. It’s thought a relatively long ring finger is a sign that the foetus was exposed to higher levels of the male hormone testosterone, while a relatively long index finger is a marker of the female hormone, oestrogen. Conditions associated with a long ring finger compared to the index include autism and ADHD. Those associated with a longer index include depression. Males, who are more likely to develop autism and ADHD, tend to have a longer ring finger relative to their index finger. Exposure to certain hormones might increase or reduce the risk of certain conditions and traits. ‘It has been suggested that autism may arise as the result of exposure to high concentrations of prenatal testosterone,’ say researchers at Liverpool University.”