If parents are short, can children grow taller?

Generally speaking, if parents are short, they will worry that their children will also be short. However, it is not only the genetic factors from their parents that affect a child's height. There are other factors that can cause a child to not grow tall. How tall a person can grow is directly related to many factors. So can children grow taller if their parents are short? Let’s talk about it below.

If the child's genetic height is short, then it is unlikely that he or she will grow tall in the future.

Many parents think that genetic height refers to the height of the parents. In fact, genetic height refers to the family height to be more precise. If the parents are short, but the grandparents are tall, and the parents' other brothers and sisters are not short either, it may be that the parents happened to encounter an illness or other accident during adolescence, which prevented them from growing taller. The child's genetic height is not short, and it is entirely possible that he or she will surpass his or her parents' height in the future. If this happens, parents don't need to worry too much. As long as the child lives a normal life and ensures adequate exercise, sleep and nutrition, the child will grow smoothly according to the height trajectory of the original family.

If the family is generally short, then it would be unrealistic to expect the child to grow up to be as tall as Yao Ming. However, if children are guaranteed proper exercise, adequate sleep and balanced nutrition, they can maximize their genetic height, and many can even reach the standard height in the eyes of ordinary people. After all, 30% of your height is influenced by acquired factors.

A person's height is determined by the growth and development of bones, among which the growth of long bones in the lower limbs is most closely related to height. In other words, only when the epiphyseal cartilage cells in the long bones continue to grow can the human body grow taller. Calcium and phosphorus are the main components of bones, so you should supplement more calcium- and phosphorus-rich foods such as milk, dried shrimps, green leafy vegetables, kelp, and seaweed. Calcium is essential for bone growth. Milk is high in calcium and is known as the best calcium supplement. Let your child drink 500 ml of milk every day to promote height growth. In addition, a child's height growth is related to his sleep quality and sleep period. Sleep is also a "nutrient" that makes the human body grow taller. As the saying goes: People grow while they sleep. Because sleep not only eliminates fatigue, but also after the body falls asleep, the secretion of growth hormone is more vigorous than usual and lasts longer, which is beneficial to height growth.

After listening to the detailed introduction, everyone should know that a child’s height is related to many factors. So if parents are short, they don’t have to worry too much. As long as children can supplement nutrients in time and participate in more physical exercise, their height can still grow. In addition, we must actively control disease factors to prevent problems that affect height.