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A 2019 global survey found that the average height of 19-year-old boys in the Netherlands is 183.8 centimeters, the highest in the world, while the average height of 19-year-old boys in East Timor is only 160.1 centimeters, the shortest in the world.
That is, the average height difference is 23.7 cm!
Researchers showed: children and adolescents eat improperly, malnutrition, resulting in height less than 20 centimeters.
I remember when we were in the sixth grade of elementary school, the classmates were probably about 1 meter 5, but now in the sixth grade of primary school, many girls have reached a height of one meter six, or even a meter six.
The study also found that the average height of children is now much higher than before!
The data of the "Report on the Nutrition and Chronic Disease Status of Chinese Residents (2020)" also shows that the average height of children aged 6 to 17 years in China has increased by 1.6 cm (male) and 1 cm (female) respectively.
Netizens have also said that today's children are indeed higher than previous children.
More netizens pointed out the difference, mainly because the children's food is much better now, fish, meat, eggs and milk that is every day.
In the 70s and 80s, children basically did not have milk to drink, especially in the countryside, even eating meat was a luxury, and malnutrition of course affected the height of children.
If you want your child to grow taller, these major types of nutrition must be supplemented, and parents should be clear
Nutrients of category 1: protein
Now children eat meat and milk eggs casually, and the most important of these three types of foods is to contain very rich high-quality protein, protein is an important raw material for bone growth and development, the child's protein is sufficient, the bones can grow, and the child can grow taller.
Therefore, to give children high-quality protein intake, eat meat every day, drink milk every day, it is recommended that children drink about 400 ml of milk every day after the age of three, and eat half a kilogram of meat every day, including fish, shrimp, chicken, duck, goose, beef and mutton.
Nutrition of Category 2: Calcium
99% of the calcium in our body is deposited in bones and teeth, and 2/3 of a child's bones are made of calcium and 1/3 is made of protein.
So having enough calcium in the body allows children to grow taller.
Our daily diet is rich in calcium food is the most important is milk, every 100 ml of milk contains about 100 mg of calcium, children drink 400 ml of milk every day can supplement 400 mg of calcium, plus the daily diet contains 400 mg of calcium, 800 mg of calcium per day can be satisfied.
Of course, during the child's puberty, it is recommended that parents can also supplement their children with some additional calcium tablets, which is more helpful for children to grow taller.
Nutrition Category 3: Vitamin D
The National Health Commission recommends that children start vitamin D supplementation a few days after birth, mainly because the content of vitamin D in breast milk is very low, and the role of vitamin D in the growth and development of children is particularly large.
So there must be additional additions.
Vitamin D supplementation is mainly conducive to the absorption of calcium, because vitamin D promotes the absorption of calcium in the intestine, promotes the deposition of calcium in the bones, and can also promote the reabsorption of calcium by the renal tubules.
That is, with vitamin D, calcium is better absorbed, better utilized, and less lost.
It is recommended to take vitamin D supplementation every day until the age of three, and take the child to outdoor activities for more than one hour a day after the age of three.
When outdoor activities, let the child expose the skin of the body as much as possible, and the sun on the child's skin can produce vitamin D3.
Nutrition Category 4: Vitamin A
The child has just been born, many hospitals to the child is actually vitamin A, rather than vitamin A alone, because vitamin A is also a kind of nutrition that children are particularly prone to lack, and the role of vitamin A is also very large in the growth of children's height.
Vitamin A can enhance the cell activity in the cartilage of long bone, promote the proliferation of chondrocytes in long bone bones, and also promote the synthesis of glycoproteins, promote growth and development, and strengthen bones.
If vitamin A is deficient in the body, it will cause the balance of osteoblasts and osteoclasts to be disrupted, affecting bone growth.
It is recommended that children do not simply supplement vitamin D when they are young, but supplement vitamin AD, children eat animal liver twice a week after adding complementary foods, and the vitamin A of animal liver is also very rich.
Nutrition of Category 5: Zinc
Zinc is also known as the flower of life.
If the child is deficient in zinc, he will be shorter and stunted.
Zinc can promote growth and development and tissue regeneration, but also allow children to eat Ma Ma Xiang, if the child's zinc deficiency appetite is not good, nutrition is easily insufficient, children's zinc deficiency will also lead to developmental delay.
Zinc is mainly found in seed plants, such as peanuts and soybeans, which contain a certain amount of zinc, as well as shelled river fresh or seafood, oysters, river mussels, and various field snails.
Of course, when we eat food, we can't just eat a food, only when combined can play a greater role. The above foods should be made together for children to eat, so that children can eat and grow taller.
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