Want your baby to grow taller? Huaxi experts suggest: Do these 3 things!

Baby's height

This has always been a concern for my mother and father.

Especially when I see my child's friends around me

Suddenly I am half a head taller than my baby

I couldn't calm down in an instant:

"Oh, why hasn't our baby grown taller? Is it because he didn't sleep well or eat enough?"

Yu Tao, chief physician of the Department of Pediatrics at West China Second Hospital of Sichuan University, wants to tell you that a person's height is determined by many factors;

Parents should not blindly try all kinds of treatments just because they think their children are short. If they want their children to grow taller, they need to work hard in three aspects !

The main influencing factor: genetics

According to current research, genetics accounts for about 70% of the influence on height, and the rest accounts for 30% . As the saying goes, "70% is determined by fate, and 30% depends on hard work"!

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Genetic factors are like a designer who can calculate the height range of a doll based on the height of the family's immediate family members .

According to the following formula

Roughly predict the baby's genetic height:

boy

(Father's height + Mother's height + 13 cm)/2 ± 5 cm

girl

(Father's height + Mother's height - 13 cm) / 2 ± 5 cm

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Controllable factors: environment

You smart people must have discovered that there is actually a gap of 10 centimeters in the above formula. What determines this gap?

This brings us to another major factor that affects our height - environmental factors, which include nutrition, exercise and sleep .

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Environmental factors are like a craftsman. They try their best to realize the designer's design. If you do well in the acquired environmental factors, you can add points to your height. If you do not do well, you will subtract points from your height!

For example:

If it is a girl, the sum of her parents' heights minus 13, divided by 2, is 160 cm . Then, influenced by acquired environmental factors, the girl's height is probably between 155 cm and 165 cm .

Warning! If the following symptoms occur, parents should pay enough attention to the height of the baby :

● Weight and height at birth are below average;

● Repeated multiple diseases affect growth;

● Slow growth;

● Often stands in the front row in a group;

● Clothes can still be worn after 2-3 years;

● There are short people in the parents or family.

So how do you pay attention to your height ?

It's very simple! When your baby is young, you need to have regular child health insurance. If the child health insurance period is over, you need to go to the growth and development clinic of a regular hospital for relevant assessment every six months, and pay attention to the baby's own growth curve .

In short, we must detect, diagnose and treat early and not wait blindly !

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The younger the age of starting treatment, the better the improvement in height, but if the baby's epiphysis has closed, no medication will help improve height.

We are powerless to change genetic factors, but we can take good care of environmental factors and make efforts in the following three aspects:

1

Balanced nutrition

Normal growth and development depends on comprehensive and rich nutrients . If the baby does not have enough breast milk, fails to add complementary foods in time, is lactose intolerant, has intestinal allergies, etc., the quantity and quality of food intake will be insufficient and cannot meet the body's growth and development needs, which can easily lead to growth and development retardation.

Therefore, the diet needs to be comprehensive, nutritious and balanced . Attention should be paid to the combination of coarse and fine food, the balance of meat and vegetables , the reasonable intake of various nutrients, and the reasonable supplementation of vitamin D, multivitamins, etc. However, do not give babies all kinds of health products and supplements.

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I would also like to remind everyone to be careful not to overfeed . After all , obese babies often develop sexual development earlier, which will also affect their height !

2

Reasonable exercise

Reasonable exercise can accelerate metabolism, stimulate the secretion of growth hormone, promote bone formation and development , and help with weight and height.

3

Get enough sleep

Sufficient sleep will also help the baby grow taller. The secretion of growth hormone reaches its peak during deep sleep at night, and staying up late for a long time will affect the baby's height growth .

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In addition, you can also take some nutrient supplements under the guidance of a doctor according to the actual situation.

Finally, I want to tell you

Even if you are not within the normal height range

I missed the time to grow taller again

Don't be sad either

The beauty of life is not just about height.

Height is not a necessity for everyone

Small people can also be happy ~

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Statement: This article is a medical-related educational popular science article. It does not involve specific treatment methods or medical behaviors and cannot replace hospital visits.

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Editor: Yang Yali

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