Recently, a message in the WeChat circle of friends has attracted attention: the baby growth season is here, have you caught it? This reporter learned from the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology of Yuying Children’s Hospital affiliated with Wen Medical University that obesity, precocious puberty and dwarfism have become the main problems faced by children’s growth and development in our city. Among them, over-nutrition, precocious sexual maturity, etc. may lead to children grow not tall. The girl’s breast development before 8 weeks of age, and the boy’s beard, body hair and other secondary sexual characteristics development at the age of 9 weeks, is clinically recognized as precocious sexual development of children. The girl, Chenchen (pseudonym), followed her mother to the endocrinology department of the hospital for consultation early yesterday morning. It turns out that Chen, who is 9 years old, has already started to menstruate and her body started to develop secondary sexual characteristics a year ago. Chen’s mother expressed her concern: “Is there something wrong with the child’s body if it starts to develop so early?” According to Jin Xianjiang, deputy director of the Department of Pediatric Endocrinology of the hospital, the number of children with precocious puberty is increasing year by year in the city, with 20 to 30 cases in the outpatient clinic every day. The first is the stimulation of “inappropriate for children” shots that frequently appear on TV shows and the Internet, as well as the “pan-romantic” information of the social environment. In addition, improper feeding methods can also cause premature sexual maturity in children, such as long-term consumption of anti-seasonal fruits, fried food, health care products, medicine and other foods containing a lot of hormones. The reporter learned that girls account for 80% of the children with precocious puberty. It turns out that precocious puberty occurs in girls, and the early development of girls is more likely to be detected. Experts remind, precocious sexual development of children is due to the influence of certain factors and sexual development, often accompanied by the onset of puberty before the height is not high, development momentum is too strong, the time of youth development is short, etc. This will cause the bones to close early, as a result, after adulthood became short. Generally speaking, the height of girls after the menarche can only grow about 5 centimeters, and boys in the voice after the change, height will almost no longer grow. It is understood that the 10-year-old boy Xiaoming (a pseudonym), 140cm tall, weighs 80kg, and the little fat pier only grows meat and not growth, so parents are really anxious. Jin Xianjiang said, eat meat at all times, but also eat sweets, bad eating habits and lack of exercise, so many children have become “small fat pier”. Some are less than 10 years old, there are already “swimming rings” on the stomach, “many parents only know that malnutrition will make children grow taller, but they do not know that many over-nourished obese children may also grow taller.” Overnutrition can lead to early puberty development, which shortens the growth of childhood and eventually causes the child to be small in stature. The reporter learned that being taller than their peers is not a good thing either. Obese children are often taller than their peers in the early years, and development to a certain stage, will begin to “grow horizontally”. Many parents mistakenly believe that their children must grow taller in the future, but do not know that premature development causes children to jump up, bone growth accelerates, bone age increases, will cause children lifelong height lag. Experts suggest that parents should pay high attention to children who are taller and fatter than their peers, and consult with hospitals if necessary. If the bone age is found to be raised, the child’s growth can be improved by using the time difference to accelerate epiphyseal growth or delay epiphyseal closure before the epiphysis is completely closed. More bouncing and sleeping can grow “from 3 years old to preschool age, annual growth less than 5cm or greater than 7cm, parents should be alert to the fact that this may be a sign of delayed growth or precocious puberty in children, and should be checked and adjusted to grasp the catch-up period.” Experts said, if necessary, let the child do a bone age test, not only can predict the child’s future height, but also dynamic understanding of the child’s developmental status. The company’s main business is to promote the development of the company’s products and services. The intensity and manner of training can be determined by the age of the child, such as children can choose to jump rope, shuttlecock, etc., older children can use the surrounding sports equipment, some jumping exercises. It is important to note that children tend to grow and develop in a deep sleep state, so a better sleep state helps to grow. “Growth hormone secretion peaks at night during deep sleep, and the longer the deep sleep, the more growth hormone is secreted.” In order to enter deep sleep as soon as possible and reach the peak of secretion of growth hormone, it is best to let your child fall asleep before 21:00.