A person’s height is mainly determined by genetic factors, accounting for 60% of the factors, this factor is congenital and can not be changed later in life. Or 40% by which factors. One is the endocrine factor, including the body’s secretion of thyroid hormone, growth hormone and sex hormone. Among these three hormones, thyroid hormone is the main hormone for children under 2 years old. Sex hormones play a major role on the basis of the first two hormones, the child’s second sex characteristics appear, height growth accelerates, after puberty the child’s growth and development basically stopped.
In addition to endocrine factors, there are also sports, sleep, nutrition, emotions and so on. There are many children who are only short in height, or short children under the age of 5, so pay special attention to these factors. If these factors are improved, the child’s height may increase a little. Usually, we should pay attention to increasing exercise, regulating emotions, quality sleep, and a balanced diet to enhance nutrition.
Specifically, the children are required to work from the following aspects: 1, increase exercise: valuable in persistence, to running, rope skipping, swimming and other aerobic exercise, you can also participate in some dance, gymnastics and other professional training. But do not overexert yourself, so as not to affect the normal diet and sleep.
2, regulate emotions: parents should channel the children’s negative emotions, do not because of their height problems for a long time in a depressed, depressed state of mind, encourage children to be confident and generous, believe in themselves and the efforts of the doctor, will grow taller quickly.
3, quality sleep: after going to sleep, when the growth hormone secretion peak is the best time for children to grow. The subcutaneous injection of rhGH every night before bedtime is to imitate the secretion pattern of growth hormone under the physiological condition to achieve the therapeutic effect of growth promotion. Therefore, we should encourage children to improve their efficiency during the day and strive to go to bed early at night, so as to develop the good habit of going to bed early and waking up early, and to match the effect of rhGH, so that children can grow happily in their sleep.
4.Balanced diet and enhanced nutrition: Children should be allowed to consume more protein, mineral salts (zinc, iron, etc.) and various vitamins, such as milk, eggs and high-quality protein – fish, chicken, tofu, etc. At the same time, also control the intake of calories, try to avoid fried and deep-fried food, such as KFC, McDonald’s and other fast food, do not appear to grow before the adverse consequences of fat.