If parents are not tall, can their children grow taller?

The problem of children's height is not only related to the genetic factors of their parents, but also to some other acquired factors. When parents are not tall, they will always worry that their children will not grow tall either. I really want to supplement my child with more nutritional supplements so that he can be taller. So can children grow taller when their parents are not tall? Let’s talk about it in detail below.

Believe that if the parents are tall, the children must be tall. A child's final height is the result of the interaction between genetics (30%) and acquired factors. Genetics only determines the child's growth space, but whether it can be fully developed is also affected by many external acquired factors. So if parents are tall, their children will not necessarily be tall.

Hormone secretion

Height depends on the secretion of growth hormone by the human body, especially four important glands - thyroid, pituitary, thymus and gonads. The growth hormone secreted by the cerebral follicle of patients with dwarfism is significantly insufficient; women with incomplete gonadal dysgenesis are generally less than 1.4 meters tall; and thyroid disease can also affect height.

Health status

Children grow fastest before the age of 5, growing 20 cm per year. By the age of 5, the growth rate stabilizes at around 6 cm per year. During puberty, the growth rate accelerates to 10 cm per year, and the increase basically stops thereafter. At this stage, many diseases such as anemia, chronic infection, indigestion, etc. will inhibit growth, and endocrine disorders will also affect growth.

Physical exercise

Physical activity helps speed up blood circulation and promote bone growth. According to statistics: children of the same age and gender who exercise regularly are 4-10 cm taller than those who do not.

If parents who are not tall want their children to be taller, they must pay attention to acquired factors. In addition to actively supplementing children's nutrition, they should also let them participate in more physical exercise. What is more important is to actively control the disease. If the disease cannot be controlled well, it will greatly affect the child's height development.