Every time I ask parents how tall they want their children to grow, many parents reply that the higher the better.
If you are a parent, from the birth of your child, you will have to look at these 2 tables.
❶ Boys against blue, girls against pink;
❷ The far left is the age, according to the age of the control, if the bone age has been measured, take the bone age control. For example, the average 5-year-old boy is 111 cm tall and weighs 18 kg.
❸ The top is the height and weight percentile, which represents the child's growth level, for example, the 3rd represents the bottom 3 in the height ranking of children of the same age, and the 50th represents the average, and the height from left to right is getting better and better.
❹ If it is lower than the 3rd, it is the level of short stature, which must be intervened, the adult growth of boys is less than 160, and the growth of girls is less than 150; 50th represents the average level, the adult height of boys is about 172, and the height of girls is about 160.
What kind of child is hard to grow taller! Parents should pay attention to identifying:
Children who have always been lower than their peers
If you look at your child half a head lower than his peers, at least 5 centimeters lower. Although there are some differences in the growth and development of each child, the difference is not particularly obvious when compared with children of the same age.
If you look at the child who is much shorter than his peers, always sitting in the first row in the class, standing at the head of the row, and wearing clothes for two or three years, it is very likely that he is stunted in growth and development.
Children who are overweight and do not like to exercise
After being overweight, especially for children who exceed the standard by more than 10 pounds, there is an enzyme called aromatase in the fat, which will cause an increase in estrogen levels, resulting in large bone age, accelerated closure of the epiphyseal line, and the end of growth in advance.
Exercise not only helps grow taller, stimulates the proliferation and calcification of epiphyseal cartilage plates, promotes the growth of long bones, but also helps digestion and weight control, parents should cultivate children's Xi of loving sports, about 30-40 minutes of bouncing exercise every day, do not do "sofa potatoes".
Children with poor eating Xi
Some children are picky eaters for a long time, resulting in unbalanced nutrition;
Some children eat and drink milk before going to bed, which affects the secretion of growth hormone;
Some children eat fruits as staple food, some children love to eat snacks, fried chicken cakes and other foods with high oil and high sugar and low nutritional value, and some parents give their children various supplements, which will easily cause short stature.
Children with too little bone age and too much older
How tall a child can eventually grow depends on bone age rather than age. The age at which children stop growing may vary, but the bone age at which they stop growing taller is exactly the same, with boys having a bone age of about 16 years and girls having a bone age of about 14 years old.
The bone age is 1 year older, the height is less than 7 cm, and the bone age is 2 years or more, which is severe growth retardation, and the early and backward bone age development may lead to short stature.
How old is your child? Boys and girls, how tall and how much weight are they, how tall are their parents, and how tall do you expect your child to grow?