By the time you're 50, your feet will probably be a full size larger than when you were 20.

Besides growing longer, your feet probably also get wider - mostly in the forefoot, according to a report in The New York Times. And

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that's probably because by age 50, most people have walked an average of 120 000 kilometres and have worn out half the natural padding under the balls of their feet, the report says.

Increasing age increases problems in the scores of ligaments and tendons that hold the 26 bones and 33 joints of each foot, the newspaper adds. Problems like hammer toes, bunions, arthritis in the foot and ankle and toenail abnormalities increase from 70 percent to 100 percent after age 50. - (HealthScout News)

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