Adults only just realising why your feet get bigger as you get older

Our feet usually stop growing during puberty - for girls, this is around age 15 and for boys, it's around age 16. But this doesn't explain why our shoes seem to jump up one or two sizes when we reach our 50s, making it almost impossible to slip on those old-favourites from your 20s collecting dust in the back of the wardrobe.

It prompted one confused Reddit user to ask: "Those age 60 and up, did your shoe size change? I just bought a nice pair of shoes in a half size larger than my usual. The salesman said that the feet can get bigger as you age. Anyone else notice this issue?"A Harvard Health explanation reads: "By the time you reach your 50th birthday, you've probably also reached another milestone: you've put 75,000 miles on your feet.

But that's not all because if you have given birth, you have another reason to increase your shoe size - as hormones released during pregnancy also cause ligaments to relax. Menopause can also impact your feet as the loss of estrogen and other hormonal changes generally lead to lower bone density. This results in osteoporosis if enough bone mass is lost.

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