A child’s height may be related to the child’s schooling, employment, and family, and is of great concern to every parent, as well as to our pediatricians. A person’s growth starts from the fetal development in the mother’s womb and goes through 16-18 years of growth in infancy, early childhood, preschool, and school age to reach the final height, and the growth problems caused by various aspects in each stage can damage the final height and make shorter. There are two peaks of human growth and development, one is infancy and the other is adolescence. Creating various favorable conditions during adolescence can undoubtedly promote growth potential. Among them, adequate nutrition, reasonable physical activity, adequate sleep and maintain a happy mood are the four elements to promote growth. Adequate nutrition Adequate daily intake of calories and various nutrients, including protein, fat, carbohydrates, dietary fiber, vitamins, inorganic salts and water. These nutrients are found in foods such as grains, eggs, meat, dairy, vegetables and fruits. During the growth spurt, the daily intake of calcium should be 1000-1200 mg. Dairy products aquatic products homemade contain more calcium and are absorbed and utilized to a better extent, making them ideal foods for calcium supplementation. Physical activity Under the premise of ensuring adequate nutrition supply, physical activity is the most effective way to promote physical development and increase physical fitness. Physical exercise can promote the body’s metabolism, enhance appetite and promote bone growth. Adequate sleep Adequate sleep is also an important factor to promote growth, because growth hormone is mainly secreted during deep sleep at night, adolescents should ensure that they have 9-10 hours of sleep every day. Happy mood A good mood is good for the secretion of growth hormone to promote growth. Xiao Qiang is a 17-year-old senior male student, but his height is only 138 cm. From birth to two years old, Xiao Qiang’s growth was basically normal, but after two years old, growth gradually slowed down and distanced from children of the same age, so parents took a chance, thinking that “the child may grow late”. When he started elementary school, Xiao Qiang was obviously shorter than other students. Parents are anxious, I heard what to promote the growth of drugs, buy the child to eat, or what booster and so on, to the child on, spent a lot of money, but not see the child grow taller. When the child entered puberty, he came to the pediatric department of the hospital and was diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency after examination and medical history. He grew 13 cm in one year with growth hormone treatment. However, his hormone growth time was no longer enough, and his final height was undesirable. Another boy, Xiao Ming, who also had growth hormone deficiency, started to slow down at the age of 2 and had a gap with children of the same age at the age of 4. His parents attached great importance to the growth and development of their child and promptly took him to the hospital for examination, and through the doctor’s treatment, his height is now 172 cm at the age of 17, reaching normal. Therefore, in the child’s growth and development, parents should pay attention to the following points: 1, whether the child was born normal, whether there is intrauterine growth retardation, intrauterine growth retardation of about 85% of the children in 12 months can catch up with the growth of normal children. If there is any abnormality, you should seek medical attention and early treatment. 2, the child’s normal height growth is: 25 cm in the first year of life, 10-12 cm in the second year of life, and 4-7 cm per year from the third year of life to before puberty (note that the minimum annual height growth is cm) If the child’s growth rate does not reach the normal growth rate, further examination should be done as soon as possible. 3. Whether the child’s height is significantly shorter than that of children of the same age. 4. Pay attention to the appearance of the child’s secondary sexual characteristics (such as the enlargement of the girl’s breast and the appearance of pubic hair, and the enlargement of the boy’s testicles and the appearance of pubic hair, etc.) and be alert to premature sexual maturity. If the appearance of secondary sexual characteristics is earlier than 8 years old for girls and 9 years old for boys, it is abnormal and should be further examined and treated. In conclusion, parents should pay attention to the growth and development of their children in each period, and if there is any doubt, they should be examined as early as possible to avoid lifelong regrets.