At which stage do children grow fastest?

With the continuous development of society, people's quality of life has improved to a certain extent. However, more and more children, especially some boys, are unable to grow taller as they grow. This is mainly caused by unhealthy diet or lack of exercise. This issue has attracted the attention of many parents. They do not understand at which stage their children grow faster and how to help their children grow taller. Below we will answer this question in detail.

The basic stage for height growth: 1-9 years old is the foundation-laying stage for children's height growth. Science has revealed that human bones are in a reserve period during this stage, and the amount of calcium ions required for bone development is 300-900 mg per day. However, most children of this age are picky eaters, have partial eating habits, and have anorexia, which seriously restricts their absorption of calcium ion nutrition from food. Insufficient calcium ion reserves in the bones will directly lead to children's short stature on the one hand; on the other hand, it will reduce the sudden increase in children's height during their developmental period.

The sudden growth stage of height: 10-16 years old is the development period of children. The height is obviously increasing, and the need for calcium ions is particularly high at this stage. Experts have found that for every additional 30,000 mg of calcium ions a child absorbs at this stage, his height will increase by 1 cm. However, the calcium ion content on the daily dining table of an average family is less than 50% of what teenagers need. Calcium ion nutrition varies from family to family. In this way, the height gap between children gradually widened.

The final sprint stage of height growth: Males 17-25 years old, females 16-23 years old, this is the final sprint stage of height growth. Studies have found that the epiphyseal cartilage of adolescents has not really healed at this stage, and there is still a potential for 2-3 cm growth each year, so it is still very important to supplement with adequate calcium ion nutrition. Giving up efforts too early is really a waste.

To sum up, the stage at which children grow faster depends on their gender. Generally speaking, men start to grow taller at a later age than women because children's bone growth varies, some grow later and some grow earlier. Therefore, parents don’t need to worry too much about why their children are not growing taller. Of course, you can also give your children some calcium supplements. But the most important thing is to pay more attention to your diet.