1 year tall 12cm
Seeing this number is both envious and heart-wrenching
▲The picture comes from the Internet
Let's not talk about how to do it, but let's ask everyone:
Is it really a good thing to grow 12cm tall in 1 year?
Come and see
When is it possible to grow 12cm tall in a year?
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That is, under normal growth and development:
During the period of 0-2 years of age, the average height growth can reach/exceed 12cm;
After entering puberty, the synergy of sex hormones and growth hormone leads to the second growth peak after birth:
丨The maximum growth rate of boys can be close to 12cm/year (about 9-11cm);
丨The maximum growth rate of girls is about 7-8cm/year, and it is far from 12cm/year.
It can be seen that it is possible for a child to grow 12cm a year!
Either "under 2 years old" or "puberty"
If the child's growth accelerates at the age of 2 years before puberty, it grows more than 10 centimeters in a year......
Not a good thing!!
There are 2 things to watch out for:
1. Early puberty - precocious puberty
Precocious puberty is the regulatory system that manages puberty in the body, and the thalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis is activated in advance, and the peak of puberty and growth arrives early, resulting in compressed overall growth time and unsatisfactory adult height.
The incidence of precocious puberty in girls is much higher than that in boys, and it is the "ultimate killer" of children's height.
Precocious puberty is 5-10 times more common in girls than in boys
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2. Bone age growth accelerates - running bones
If the bone age of nearly 2 years is increased by nearly 1 year,
Then the height will increase by more than ten centimeters in 1 year.
This is because bone age grows fast, and it is not the so-called growth height remedies that play a role.
Since the bone age at which children stop growing taller is fixed, if the bone age grows faster, it means that the "time to grow taller" is less and less.
If you want to control your bone age, the most important thing is to control your weight. If the effect of simple weight control is not good, you can also find a traditional Chinese medicine doctor to evaluate and intervene, and choose a traditional Chinese medicine ointment prescription or a food with the same source of medicine and food according to the child's physique.
▲As shown in the figure above, scheme No. 4
Measure the height and weight every month, evaluate the bone age every year (assessed every six months during puberty), and the height and growth of the child, so that parents can not be happy with "fast" and sad with "slow".
I believe that the next time we see the statement that a year is 12cm long and 15cm long, we can all judge rationally and have a steady mentality
Resources
[1] Li Hui, Ji Chengye, Zong Xinnan, et al. Standardized growth curves of height and weight of children and adolescents aged 0~18 years in China[J].Chinese Journal of Pediatrics, 2009, 47(7):6.)
Chinese Journal of Pediatrics,2021,(3):169-174.
[3] Endocrinology, Genetics and Metabolism Group, Chinese Society of Pediatrics, Editorial Board of Chinese Journal of Pediatrics. Expert consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of central precocious puberty (2022) [J] . Chinese Journal of Pediatrics, 2023, 61(1) : 16-22.
[4] Consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of central precocious puberty (2015), Endocrinology, Genetics and Metabolism Group, Chinese Journal of Pediatrics, Editorial Board, Chinese Journal of Pediatrics, 2015, 53(6): 412-418.
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