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But poverty, substandard, overcrowded housing and underlying health problems are thought to be the most likely culprits, he says.
BBC: Flu hits Canada's native peoples
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Children aged between six months and 10 years who do not suffer from underlying health problems will now be given one vaccine dose instead of two.
BBC: Change to swine flu jab advice
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He had underlying health problems but his mother, Angela Colfer, is angry that he was not diagnosed with measles until after his death despite him being seen by doctors hours before he died.
BBC: Swansea measles: Clinic quizzed over single jab claims
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Because men typically have more muscle mass than women and lose bone more slowly, underlying health problems may be much more advanced by the time the height loss becomes apparent, says Sundeep Khosla, an endocrinologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
WSJ: Health Journal: Yes, You Are Getting Shorter
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However, it does nothing to address the underlying problems of rising health costs in an ageing population.
ECONOMIST: Alas, a bigger surplus doesn��t bring better policies
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" Led by the American College of Surgeons, these doctors argued the Senate's bill "will do little to fix" health care's "underlying problems, and may make them worse.
WSJ: AMA Endorses Health-Care Bill in Quid Pro Quo