Growth and development is an important life phenomenon, therefore, normal growth and development is the fundamental guarantee of human physical and mental health. There are many factors that affect height growth, the most important ones are as follows: Genetic factors: 60-70% determined by heredity Although heredity accounts for 60-70% of height, but it does not mean that it is unchangeable, acquired nutrition, exercise, sleep, etc. play a very important role in increasing height.
Nutritional factors: unbalanced supply of food and partial eating often affect the final height of the child. Therefore, when parents find that their children are lower than normal children of the same age, do not ignore the nutritional factors, usually should eat more food containing calcium, such as 1-2 bags of milk, eggs, etc. should be guaranteed every day, in addition, the intake of vegetables and fruits must not be less, to ensure balanced nutrition.
Endocrine factors: Insufficient secretion of growth hormone, sex hormone and thyroid hormone. Insufficient secretion of growth hormone is the main reason for not growing in height. Premature secretion of sex hormones can also affect the final height. Insufficient secretion of thyroid hormones not only affects short stature, but also affects intellectual development.
Exercise: Appropriate exercise can help people grow taller. After exercise, the secretion of growth hormone reaches its peak, which will promote the proliferation and differentiation of cartilage cells at the epiphysis of long bones, making people grow taller. Exercises that help to grow in size. Such as linear sports: jumping high, jumping rope, swimming, playing ball, playing gymnastics, playing soccer, playing basketball, etc. You should seize every opportunity to let your child exercise more, so that your child will not be excellent in all aspects but lower the threshold of future employment and choice of spouse because his or her height is not up to standard.
Sleep: Adequate sleep ensures long growth, especially do not destroy the physiological sleep time. Because, normal human secretion of growth hormone is pulsed secretion, the daytime pulse is very low, and the amount of growth hormone secreted by the pituitary gland is the highest between deep sleep time (11 p.m. to 1 a.m.) at night, which is half of the total 24 hours.
Diseases: Various acute and chronic diseases that cause physiological disorders can have a direct impact on the growth and development of children. Diseases such as recurrent respiratory infections, diarrheal diseases, liver and kidney diseases, heart disease, anemia, chromosomal diseases, genetic metabolic diseases, bone and cartilage development disorders, etc. can make the affected children significantly lower in height than children of the same age.
Mental factors: Long-term mental stress or parental divorce or domestic violence can affect the growth and development of children. Parents should give their children a relaxed and happy family atmosphere, so that they can grow taller in a healthy and harmonious family environment.