The average human body temperature is lower than it used to be: study

[OnlinePoker]

Humans have gotten cooler since the Civil War — by a little more than half a degree.

According to a recent study, the average man’s body temperature is about 0.59 degrees C cooler today than someone born in the early 19th century. Women, on average, are about 0.32 degrees cooler than their 1800s counterparts.

For both men and women, the average body temperature is a bit lower than the 37 C that’s commonly assumed as normal — more like 36.62 C for men, for example, with women being a tiny bit warmer. Other recent studies have had similar results.

https://globalnews.ca/news/6410968/human-body-temperature-decrease/

[Jokerman]

1. 98.6 for me is a mild fever.

I've always been around 97 when feeling normal.

[katmondoo]

2. Me too. I am always 97

[GemDigger]

5. 97.5 for me is the norm.

So when I hit 100 I know there is something wrong. I am on day 6 of a nasty bug and when my temp hit 100, I started taking my temp every hour. This morn I am at 97.5, Yahoo! am on the mend.

I wonder if the size of the person has anything to do with it. My mom also is a 97.something person and both of us are on the tiny scale.

[Jokerman]

7. 6'2" and 220 lbs for me.

I could be the exception to the rule.

[GemDigger]

9. Or I could be wrong.

I think I might be.

[marlakay]

3. Interesting mine has always been lower

I wondered if I was not normal. Mine is usually 97.3.

[LonePirate]

4. Fascinating. I'm on board with external factors/ambient temperatures requiring the body to work less

To me it seems like the external factors are the most likely cause here as they have changed the most over the past 100-200 years. Sure, fewer diseases, more medicines and the invention of processed foods could also be playing a part here.

[ooky]

6. Mine is always 97.x. nt

[highplainsdem]

8. Slow metabolism.

[dalton99a]

10. Eventually we'll attain the body temperature of opossums

no more rabies, but lots of leptospirosis