Tintin's Head Examined

A team of Canadian researchers believe they have discovered why Tintin, the intrepid boy reporter, has exhibited no post-adolescent growth after 1929.

Their study posits that Tintin has acquired growth hormone deficiency and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, as a result of 50 significant losses of consciousness during his 75 year-long career.

A 2000 study, also published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, diagnosed Winnie-the-Pooh with co-existing ADHD and OCD.

Tintin's Head Examined

A team of Canadian researchers believe they have discovered why Tintin, the intrepid boy reporter, has exhibited no post-adolescent growth after 1929.

Their study posits that Tintin has acquired growth hormone deficiency and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, as a result of 50 significant losses of consciousness during his 75 year-long career.

A 2000 study, also published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, diagnosed Winnie-the-Pooh with co-existing ADHD and OCD.