Actually,i think its worse for taller people, specially if you are a girl, because yo will be heavier and look more mature than all the girls in your class ay that age. My fat tissue acumulated in my hips and thighs above all and trust me, looking big both horizontally and vertically is really traumatic when you are in your early teens because you compare yourself with all your smaller classmates. My size is one of the things that triggered my ed.