What are the secrets to growing taller children?

It is really not easy to watch a child grow up day by day. Apart from illness, what worries parents the most is that their child does not like to eat and does not develop well. Having a tall stature is a child's innate advantage. Everyone wants their children to grow taller. Is there any way to do it? Parents can find the answer directly below!

Steps/Methods

1. Nutrition

Adequate and reasonable nutrition is the material basis for children's growth and development. Adequate nutrition means sufficient daily intake of calories and various nutrients, including protein, fat, carbohydrates, dietary fiber, vitamins, inorganic salts and water.

Nowadays, children in cities generally consume a lot of protein, but they often lack trace elements due to picky eating, such as zinc, iron, calcium, various vitamins, cellulose, etc. Therefore, while ensuring sufficient quantity, we should also pay attention to the reasonable combination and diversity of diet, that is, the combination of coarse and fine foods, meat and vegetables, and not be picky or biased in eating. 2. Sports

Under the premise of ensuring adequate nutrition supply, physical activity is the most effective way to promote physical development and enhance physical fitness. Exercise can promote the maximum development of genetic potential. Exercise can stimulate the secretion of growth hormone, promote metabolism, and enhance appetite; exercise can promote bone growth, make bones longer, thicker, and increase bone density; exercise can thicken muscle fibers and improve muscle strength, speed, and endurance; exercise can also consume excess fat and prevent obesity during rapid growth periods. 3. Genetics

On the issue of genetics:

Boy's adult height = [father's height + (mother's height + 13)] ÷ 2 ± 7.5 cm

Girl's adult height = [(father's height - 13) + mother's height] ÷ 2 ± 6cm

As can be seen from the formula, a child's height still has a wide range of variation based on genetics. Therefore, parents can mobilize various factors to tap their children's height potential. 4. Calcium Supplementation

In June 2009, the World Health Organization Shanghai Collaborating Center for Health Education and Health Promotion conducted a survey on the height development of 2,500 children in five key cities across the country: Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Beijing and Shanghai.

Conclusions of the investigation and analysis:

The calcium supplementation of children has a significant impact on their height. Children who take calcium supplements regularly and reasonably will be about 5.70cm taller than those who do not take calcium supplements.

Moreover, taking calcium supplements can promote height development better than through "dietary supplements", such as drinking milk, stewing bone soup, etc.

Therefore, on the basis of comprehensive nutrition, children taking appropriate calcium supplements can promote their growth.

It is necessary to choose some big brand calcium tablets as a reasonable supplement to your daily diet. 5. Get enough sleep

The hormone that promotes human growth - growth hormone, is secreted about three times more in the sleeping state than in the awake state, so ensuring adequate sleep is beneficial to height growth. Muscles relax during sleep, which helps the joints and bones stretch.

The length of sleep time varies with age and each individual. The amount of sleep required per day and night is: 16 to 20 hours for newborns, 12 to 14 hours for 1-3 years old, and about 11 to 12 hours for 4-6 years old. 6. Grasp the key period of growth

Foundation Stage – Preschool

The preschool period (4-6 years old) is an important period of children's growth and development, and it is also the basic stage for children to grow taller.

Growth spurt stage – school age

The age of 10 to 16 is the growth period for children, and their height grows rapidly like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

Sprint stage - adolescence

For men aged 17-25 and for women aged 16-23, this is the final sprint stage of height growth. Research has found that at this stage, the epiphyseal cartilage of adolescents has not yet truly healed, and there is still a potential for growth of 2 to 3 cm per year.

Only by grasping the three key periods of growth can children grow taller step by step. If you want your child to grow taller, then the minerals absorbed in their daily life must not be lacking in calcium, phosphorus, and zinc. At the same time, you must also pay attention to helping your little fat child lose weight, because being overweight will affect his height to a certain extent. The above methods are applicable to all children. Be sure to let your children pay more attention in their daily lives.