Eating 1 cup of chopped carrots provides you with 10,605 micrograms of vitamin A, which is far more than the 900 micrograms required daily for men or 700 micrograms for women, according to the Linus Pauling Institute.
Rare exceptions are usually the result of a secondary factor, such as excess fluid around the brain (hydrocephalus). The most common cause of dwarfism is a disorder called achondroplasia, which causes disproportionately short stature. This disorder usually results in the following: 1  An average-size trunk.
Narrowing of the spinal canal. Achondroplasia is one of the most common causes of short stature today. People with Achondroplasia have an average body size but disproportionate (shorter) limbs. The average height of a male is 4'4 and a female is 4'1.This is due to the long bones growing more slowly as opposed to the rest of the body, both in the womb and throughout childhood.Young children with Achondroplasia may have hearing, speech or breathing problems, but all of these are treatable.he average height of a male is 4'4 and a female is 4'1. This is due to the long bones growing more slowly as opposed to the rest of the body, both in the womb and throughout childhood. Young children with Achondroplasia may have hearing, speech or breathing problems, but all of these are treatable.