Nowadays, children’s height is more and more important, and all parents want their children to have the ideal height. However, in the real world, there are so many children who are often ridiculed and teased because of their short height, so they become introverted, autistic and even depressed. According to the research results of “The Impact of Growth Abnormalities on Children’s Mental Health”, not only do children with dwarfism have physiological problems (failure to grow taller), but nearly 60% of children with dwarfism have different degrees of psychological problems, such as introversion, emotional instability, poor communication and social withdrawal.
In addition to genetic and disease factors, poor lifestyle has also become an important reason for the increase of children with dwarfism. Compared to the uncontrollable genetic factors, these causes should draw the attention of parents more than anything else, so as not to ruin their children’s future happiness because of their neglect.
Lack of sleep This is an important reason that can easily trigger stunting and short stature in children. The lack of good rest seriously inhibits the secretion of growth hormone in the child’s body. Nowadays, parents often prolong the study time at night and shorten the sleep time of their children in order to improve their children’s academic performance. In addition, lack of exercise is another important reason for the increase of dwarfism. Due to the increase of study pressure and computer network, children have less and less time to exercise.
Nutritional imbalance Children need protein, fat, carbohydrates and other nutrients for their growth and development. But more than 80% of children have a serious imbalance in nutritional intake. The most intake of the day is fried food, hamburgers and other sugar-rich or high-calorie foods, and the opportunity to eat grains and cereals is rare. The imbalance in diet structure will inevitably lead to insufficient intake of calcium, iron, zinc and other nutrients that promote the growth and development of children. Over time, this will make children appear short and fat, stunted and so on.
The survey also found that 97% of parents of children with short stature recognized their children’s short height, but only 1.6% realized that it could be caused by certain diseases. The majority of parents who love their children take supplements to supplement their children with various trace elements. Some parents even let their children drink protein powder as a drink, or eat various supplements as snacks. This will not only not help the child’s height, but will cripple the child’s tender kidneys. Overdose of calcium, affecting bone development; over-supplementation of zinc, children precocious maturity; over-supplementation of iron will diarrhea; long-term use of cod liver oil will cause chronic poisoning; taking royal jelly, may lead to endocrine disorders and precocious maturity, and even obesity.
I hope parents can pay attention to these bad habits of their children, so that they can eat well, sleep well and exercise well, and grow up healthy.