Is it possible for children to grow taller if their parents are not tall?

Parents who are not tall will worry that their children will not be tall in the future. Whether men or women, having a well-proportioned and tall figure is very beneficial in work or life. So will congenital genetic factors directly affect the child's height? Is it possible for the child to grow taller if the parents are not tall? This is a question that many parents want to know. Let us now find out whether we can change a child’s height through diet and exercise.

A person's height is 70% genetic and 30% acquired. If both parents are short or short stature runs in the family, it seems that no amount of nutrition, exercise, and sleep will improve the child's height. Do they have to endure the psychological pain of being shorter than others since childhood? Experts say that even if their parents are not tall, their children can still grow to their ideal height.

Many people with familial short stature have a hereditary growth hormone deficiency, which naturally affects the synthesis of growth factors and then affects height development; for some people, although the secretion of growth hormone is sufficient, some of the growth hormone is inactive, which can also lead to insufficient growth factor synthesis and hinder height development. Obviously, Mr. Zhao's daughter belongs to the latter.

"Whether it is a lack of growth hormone or poor growth hormone activity leading to insufficient growth factors, both types of familial dwarfism can be treated with growth hormone supplementation." Wang Wei said that a European institution once conducted an experiment in which more than 4,000 children with normal growth hormone but insufficient growth factors were divided into several groups for experiments. The results showed that those who used growth hormone for two consecutive years had an average adult height of 6 cm taller than those who did not take the supplement, and those who used it for three consecutive years had an average adult height of about 8 cm taller than those who did not take the supplement. In addition, adrenal hyperplasia and precocious puberty are also common diseases that cause familial dwarfism and can be treated.

I believe everyone has understood the above detailed introduction to methods of increasing children's height through diet and exercise. Congenital deficiencies can be compensated through acquired diet and exercise. As long as you follow up on your child's diet during his growth and development period, you can increase your child's height. But at the same time, you should also participate in more physical exercises, such as playing basketball.