{"id":146433,"date":"2024-04-02T18:00:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T17:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/on-assignment-what-lengths-will-people-go-to-be-taller-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T18:00:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T17:00:29","slug":"on-assignment-what-lengths-will-people-go-to-be-taller-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/on-assignment-what-lengths-will-people-go-to-be-taller-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"On Assignment: What lengths will people go to be taller? | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/lJ9wGRP4H7U\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"On Assignment: What lengths will people go to be taller? | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lJ9wGRP4H7U\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Would you pay tens of thousands of pounds to become a few inches taller? 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