Spring is far away, summer has come, a good time to increase height can not be missed, so how do children grow taller in the summer? Here are 4 tips that can help parents.
1, regular diet, less snacks.
The child’s height in addition to genetic factors, the usual diet is the key. Want to grow taller, protein, minerals are indispensable, a glass of milk every day is the secret to increase height; minerals, must not be missing calcium, phosphorus, zinc; also do not ignore the green leafy vegetables and fruits.
Nowadays, many children love to eat snacks, but three meals a day but irregular meals. Especially the elderly tend to be too spoiled, sometimes the child does not want to eat, the elderly with the child, and slowly the child will appear picky, picky eating bad habits. 2/3 of short children have bad eating habits: overeating, picky eating, not eating breakfast, eating too many sweets, etc. will hinder growth.
2, summer intake of protein should be moderate.
With the advent of summer, it is best to make appropriate adjustments to the diet, so that children are happy to open to eat, eat reasonable. Some parents have a misconception about nutrition, thinking that strengthening nutrition is to eat more chicken, duck and fish, can not eat or eat less food. In fact, the energy needed by the body is mainly obtained from carbohydrates, while protein can only be fully utilized by the body under the premise of sufficient energy. If you consume too much protein in the summer, not only increase the burden on the liver and kidneys, easy to cause indigestion, constipation, but will further suppress the appetite of children.
Parents also have to put more thought into the rational mix of diet and diversification, the summer heat, those who have the conditions can be different ways to let children eat different every day, such as the rotation of coarse and fine grains, meat and vegetarian intervals, etc., but also eat more fresh fruit in season. The following ten types of food can help grow taller, including fish, seafood, seaweed, meat, eggs, mushrooms, nuts, seeds, vegetables, fruits. Children can drink more fresh milk in summer, without heating, so as to better ensure the adequate intake of nutrients and hormonal raw materials.
3. You must insist on outdoor activities for one hour every day.
Summer clothing is light, very convenient to carry out sports or outdoor activities, and a sufficient amount of exercise can promote the rapid growth of bones and muscles, exercise can also burn excess fat, but should pay attention to sun protection, avoid playing outside at noon.
School-age children can do upward jumping sports, such as jumping skin, shuttlecock and various balls; adolescents can do high jumping sports and whole body sports, such as basketball, volleyball, etc.. But weightlifting, barbell, shot put, discus and other weight training, it is best not to practice before the age of 18.
In addition, it should also be noted that some children do not pay much attention to the correct posture of standing, sitting, walking, reading and writing, habitually low head and shoulders, hunchback, resulting in deformation of the spine, will also affect the growth.
4, keep enough sleep in the summer to help grow taller.
It is recommended that children under 12 years of age must sleep more than 8 hours a day to ensure the secretion of growth hormone, and try to go to sleep before 10 p.m., so that early to bed and early to rise. -9 hours. In the sleep state, the secretion of growth hormone is about three times higher than in the waking state, so ensuring sufficient sleep is good for growth.