In order for children to grow taller, they need a reasonable combination of various types of nutrients to ensure adequate nutrition. However, the height of a person is related to a number of factors.
1. Early childhood: Early childhood refers to the period of 1-3 years old, this period of physical growth and development of infants slightly slower than the rapid development of intelligence, this period can be added to the iron-containing class of complementary foods.
2. Preschool period: At this time, physical growth and development has slowed down and is in a steady growth state. In this period, we need to ensure that the intake of dairy, the proportion of high-quality protein accounted for 1/2 of the total protein, such as more intake of milk and its dairy products, more intake of beef, muscle, fish, shrimp and crab and other high-quality animal protein.
3. School age: this period of dietary needs to pay attention to meat and vegetarian, to ensure that the intake of high-quality protein, can eat more calcium-rich foods to ensure the body’s rapid growth needs, such as milk intake can be maintained daily 400 to 500ml, kelp, black fungus, nori, sea cucumber, tofu, shrimp, sesame and other calcium-containing foods can be eaten.
4. Adolescence: that is, 10 to 20 years old, is the second peak period of physical development. It is the peak period of physical development. During this period, it is necessary to ensure the intake of energy, high-quality protein and a variety of micronutrients and vitamins. Attention should be paid to adequate intake of dairy products.
The height of a person is related to a number of factors, such as genetic factors, dietary and nutritional factors, as well as sports and exercise and lifestyle, etc., purely through diet is mainly to play a supporting role.