According to a survey conducted by the Capital Institute of Pediatrics, 52% of parents think their children are short, 85% of parents think their children’s short stature will affect their future job search and development, and 90% of parents still want their children to be taller even though they know their children’s height is within the medical standard height range. Here are a few questions that parents generally care about regarding their children’s height, and I’ll give you the answers one by one. 1.We are not tall as a couple, can the child be taller? Experts explain: In the process of human growth and development, there are two growth spurts – infancy and pre-puberty. There are many factors that affect a child’s height, mainly genetic factors and acquired factors. Among them, genetic factors account for 70% to 80%, non-external forces can be changed. In other words, if the parents are not tall, the child will generally not be very tall. If parents can consciously avoid malnutrition, overnutrition, mental stress, lack of sleep, too little exercise, weakness and other factors that are not conducive to growth, they can improve the child’s height to some extent. 2, our husbands are quite high, why the children do not see high? Experts explain: If the parents are not short, but the child is short, it is usually a disease “signal”. Many diseases can cause children to be short in stature, the common ones are insufficient secretion of growth hormone, systemic diseases (such as kidney disease, etc.) caused by malnutrition, metabolic bone disease, epiphyseal injury, bone dysplasia, etc.. These children must be treated for the primary disease, blindly taking supplements or medication is harmful. At present, many large hospitals in China can test the growth hormone level. If it is confirmed that the child’s short stature is related to insufficient secretion of growth hormone, it is necessary to supplement growth hormone as soon as possible under the guidance of a doctor to obtain the best treatment effect. It should be reminded that growth hormone secretion is pulsatile and usually requires several consecutive tests to get accurate results. 3. How to predict how tall my child will grow in the future? Experts explain: Because a child’s height is greatly influenced by heredity, the height that a baby can achieve in the future can be predicted to some extent from the parents’ height. The future height (cm) = (father’s height + mother’s height) × 1.078 ÷ 2 [girl] future height (cm) = (father’s height × 0.923 + mother’s height) ÷ 2 But the influence of genetic factors on the child’s height is not absolute, and the growth and development of the epiphysis plays a decisive role in the growth and development of the child’s height. The epiphysis is the growth and development center of the bone, and by continuously ossifying to increase the length of the bone, the height of a person increases. To find out if your child has the potential to grow taller, go to the hospital and have an epiphyseal film taken. If the epiphysis is already closed, it is impossible for your child to grow taller, no matter what medicine or health food you take. 4.Is my child considered to be short? Please refer to Expert’s explanation: Clinically, there are strict criteria for diagnosing dwarfism, that is, height must be lower than the 3rd percentile (P3) or minus 2 standard deviations (-2SD) of the height standard of normal children of the same age and gender. Please refer to the table of height standard curves for normal children for specific values. If parents find that their child’s height is below the minus 2 standard deviations or significantly shorter than the standard height, they should take their child to the hospital in a timely manner for appropriate tests to find the cause of the child’s short stature and provide targeted treatment. The child’s height precautions: Experts explain: Do not hold on to the hope that the child will “leap up” at puberty, give the child more nutrition will grow, etc., so as not to miss the best time for treatment. Especially for those children whose height and weight are not up to standard, parents should be more vigilant and take their children to the hospital for regular checkups to monitor their growth. In addition, parents can also refer to the following three simple methods to determine whether their children are short: ① children are always half a head shorter than children in the same class; ② slow growth, a pair of pants can be worn for two or three years; ③ according to the formula for calculating the average height of children aged 2 to 10 years – age × 7 + 70 (cm), if the child’s height is found to be lower than the average height of 5 to 10 cm, then it is on the short side. It is best to take your child to a hospital with good conditions. In addition to accurately measuring the child’s height and asking detailed questions about the growth and development of the child, experienced doctors often use the following tests according to the condition: 1. 2. Endocrine hormone measurements: such as growth hormone stimulation test, insulin-like growth factor-1, insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3, T3, T4, TSH, etc.; chromosome analysis; blood biochemical measurements, etc.