All parents hope that their children can grow tall and healthy, but there are many reasons that affect height, and genetics occupy an important position, after all, genes are also destined to be changed, but they cannot completely abandon the role of the acquired environment, if they effectively intervene through the day after tomorrow, they can also achieve counterattack.
The height of the children at home is shorter than that of the same age, the queue is always the first row, basically hidden in the crowd, parents are worried, afraid that their children are not because of malnutrition or short stature, every day worried, pulling the child to the hospital for short stature, the result of the oolong or choose to give the child calcium tablets, the child itself is not fully developed, if not the correct use of calcium tablets may also cause gastrointestinal discomfort, damage to the child's physical health, so, remind the parents, Do not "rush to the doctor", or first know whether the child's height is within the normal range, in the judgment of whether it is a disease or insufficient nutrition, in the targeted treatment.
First of all, it is necessary to judge whether the child's height is normal
We generally judge whether the child's figure is short, are compared with children of the same age, the same gender, if the height is lower than the average is short, in fact, the height of the child is not only to compare with others, but also to compare with themselves, some parents do not record the habit of the child's height, a question how much the child grew last year, how much the average growth of the year, almost no parents can answer it, each child's growth rules, environmental factors are not the same, which has an impact on growth and development, Want to know whether the child's height is normal, first of all, you have to grasp the child's growth rate, in general, the child in the first growth peak of the two years after birth, at this stage can grow 25-30 cm, after 3 years old, generally at a rate of 5-7 cm per year in the growth of height, to puberty, women than boys to develop earlier, the average age at 10 years old, the average age of boys puberty in 12 years old, puberty up to 7 years, in this stage, The height of the child in the early stage is a rapid height, and then continues to grow, but it also varies from person to person, and there are also cases where the rapid growth of the early stage of puberty is stopped in the late stage, and there are also cases of short height in the early stage, which is much lower than that of the same age, and the rapid development of the later stage and the normal range of growth. Therefore, parents want to know whether their child's height is normal, to develop the habit of recording the child's height, in addition to referring to the standard height, but also to observe the child's growth rate, in consideration of whether it is normal, you can also find the reason for the child's short height faster.
Parents should note that short stature may not be malnutrition, it may be short stature
The above describes some parents, too worried about the growth and development of children, choose a lot of ways to supplement the child or go to the doctor because of short stature, and this is another situation of parents, found that the child is short in height, not worried, subjectively think that the child will suddenly "sneak up" in the later stage, 97% of the parents do not think that short stature will be related to the disease, the result missed the best treatment time, the average height of the child is less than 13 cm for children of the same age, may be short stature, Parents need to pay attention to the following situations.
1. Overall shortness. This short stature symptom is mostly caused by family genetics, and there is a short stature gene in the family, so the child will have a normal body shape and a normal growth rate, but the overall shortness of the body is also the most easily ignored.
2. Slow growth rate. The child's growth rate is slow, the reference height or the comparison with the same age are obvious, this situation may be due to the environment or other factors caused by the lack of growth hormone, which affects the growth rate of hair growth. In this case, the child may also be accompanied by other diseases, such as: asthma, congenital heart disease, etc., therefore, parents must pay attention, do a good job of protective measures, and go to the hospital in time for examination.
3. The body proportions are not coordinated. Some children's uncoordinated body proportions may also be caused by short stature, the most obvious being that the proportion of arms is much longer than that of the body torso, which may be caused by uncoordinated cartilage development.
The height of the child is crucial, how can we help the child grow taller scientifically?
1. Grasp the critical period
There are two important stages in a child's development, known as the "rapid developmental period"
Before the age of one
Puberty (average age of girls 10 years, boys 12 years)
In these two stages, the body will fully absorb a large number of nutrients, bones, organs, height will develop rapidly, therefore, during this period to do a good job in the height development of children has a great effect on height.
2. Supplement nutrition
Many children in the development is malnutrition, not timely supplementation of vitamins and minerals required by the body, growth hormone decline, so the height is relatively short, parents should pay attention to the child to supplement nutrition, only enough nutrition, in order to ensure the child's healthy, happy growth, pay attention to calcium supplementation, can be obtained from the sunlight we usually absorb, can also be obtained from vegetables and dairy products, such as: broccoli, shiitake mushrooms, spinach, milk, etc. are rich in calcium elements.
Warm tips: the child's growth and development problems are crucial, if the child and the same age difference is very large, we must pay more attention, find out the reason in time, help the child pay more attention to nutritional balance in the diet, supplement nutrition, usually pay more attention to exercise, the child may not have much awareness of health problems, so parents must do a good job of supervision and supervision to ensure the healthy growth of children.
Resources:
1. How to tell if your child's height is normal? These points of judgment, only pediatricians know" Health Times, April 11, 2019
2. "Children with short stature? Children have these symptoms to remind you to pay attention to it" · Guangming Network · 2020.8.18
3. "Parents are worried: the child is not tall, should it be intervened? Guangming Network· 2021.6.28