Bin sister is good, I heard that spring is a good season to grow tall, my baby is not tall at present, but parents are tall, will the child inherit to be tall?
Bin Jie Q&A:
Among the methods of predicting a child's height, there is a method of calculating the child's target height (a method of assessing the genetic potential of a child's height) by the height of the parents.
The calculation method is:
Girl: (Dad height - 13cm + Mom height) ÷2 (cm) Boy: (Mom height + 13cm + Dad height) ÷2 (cm)
From the calculation formula, it can be seen that the height of the child is related to the height of the father and mother, regardless of the difference. If you feel inaccurate, it's because there are many factors that affect height.
According to research data, 80% of a person's height is determined by their DNA, including mutations in their genetic parents as well as their own genes. In addition, height is also affected by a variety of factors such as diet, environment, disease, physical exercise, etc., which account for about 20%.
Eventually, in addition to congenital genetics, acquired improvement in children's height can also be actively promoted.
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If the parents are tall, they also need to pay attention to these aspects in order to help the children grow taller.
1. Ensure reasonable sleep duration
Although there is currently no evidence that the child's height is related to the time of falling asleep or the length of sleep, it is beneficial to the child's sleep quality and physical physiological state to work and rest according to the normal circadian rhythm and ensure adequate sleep time.
The following is a reference for the sleep duration of different age groups, you can compare the sleep time of yourself and your child!
Seeing this, some people may ask: Must growth hormone be secreted at night?
No. French scientists have studied the pattern of growth hormone secretion in normal work and rest and night shift personnel and found that the work and rest of day and night, although the secretion pattern of growth hormone is different, the total amount of secretion is the same.
2, a balanced diet is very important
For the baby, it is necessary to ensure a certain amount of milk every day, and the baby who eats complementary foods should pay attention to balanced nutrition. At the same time, pay attention to vitamin D supplementation, thereby promoting the absorption of calcium.
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3. Outdoor sports are indispensable
Your baby should be guaranteed 2 hours of outdoor activities a day, and sunbathing and bouncing sports will help your baby grow tall.
But some parents have such questions:
Sports athletes are generally shorter and have a shorter life span, does excessive outdoor activity have an impact on height?
In theory, excessive exercise is really not very good, but parents don't have to worry about this problem.
The movement of athletes is not the same as the movement of ordinary normal people, and the movement of athletes is a standardized and required exercise, and it is also necessary to monitor heart rate. And the child's normal outdoor activities will not be excessive exercise, the child himself feels tired will rest, so there is no need to deliberately control the child's activities, normal running and jumping is no problem.
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About author:Wang Bin, child nutritionist, China registered dietitian, national second-level public nutritionist, national senior nutrition lecturer. Good at combining medicine with modern nutrition knowledge, focusing on the field of maternal and infant nutrition and health, teaching you to feed your children scientifically.