Interesting facts about the feet

  • The foot is the terminal portion of a limb which bears weight and allows locomotion.
  • The foot can be subdivided into the hindfoot, the midfoot, and the forefoot.
  • The Roman shoemakers were the first to create distinct left and right shoes.
  • The largest feet in the world belong to Matthew McGrory (United States) whose feet are a whopping size 28½ (US size).
  • The average people walks about 10,000 steps a day.
  • By 12, a child’s foot is about 90% of its adult length.
  • Twenty-five percent of bones in the human body are located in the feet (52 bones).
  • For 2 out of every 10 people the second toe is the longest.
  • Early symptoms for arthritis, diabetes and circulatory problems can often show themselves initially in the feet.
  • Foot problems occur in females 4 times more than in males.
  • The feet produces as much as half a pint of perspiration every day.
  • It’s inusual that 2 feet are exactly the same; one of them is often larger than the other.