The child grows slowly than the same age children short may be related to malnutrition, thyroid hormone abnormalities, genetic and other reasons, can be adjusted through the diet, medication and other ways of treatment. 1. Adjust the diet: If the child’s partiality, picky eating, resulting in malnutrition affects growth and development, it is recommended to adjust a reasonable diet, to ensure that the nutrition is balanced, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, and add the right amount of high-quality protein or calcium content of food, such as milk, fish and shrimp, lean meat, etc., to help the child’s growth and development. 2. Medication: It is recommended to take the child to the hospital for examination, if the lack of growth hormone or thyroid hormone causes the child to grow slower than children of the same age short, should be under the guidance of the doctor to choose to supplement the growth hormone or thyroid hormone and other treatment. If both parents are short, the child may be affected by genetic factors, a condition that leads to individual differences in height. If medication is needed, it should be taken under the guidance of a doctor to avoid blindly taking medication on their own, which may cause adverse effects.