Many parents think that their children are not tall enough and are lower than their peers around them. In order to make children grow taller, parents will buy various foods to supplement nutrition, but the effect may not be ideal.
In fact, there is a standard for the height of a child, and it is normal as long as it meets this standard.
There is a standard for children's height, that is, the height that children should reach at all ages under normal growth conditions. Because of gender differences, the speed of physical development is different, so the standard height of boys and girls is different.
The Capital Pediatric Research Center has done research on children's height. Comprehensive research results are summarized in the following table.
You can compare the height of the child to see if it meets the standard. However, the data in the table can only be used as a reference. According to the difference of each child's heredity, physique and lifestyle, the height that should be reached at different ages will be different.
If the child is short, it means that there may be problems in the process of growing up.
Many parents may find that their children's height is not ideal. There are many reasons for this situation, mainly related to these factors.
The biggest factor affecting height is heredity. Studies have shown that 70% of a person's height depends on his parents' genetic factors. When parents are taller, children tend to be taller. If both parents are short, children tend not to grow very tall.
Although heredity has a great influence on height, it is not the only factor that determines a child's height. Other factors will also affect the child's height.
The most familiar reason for parents to affect their children's height is the intake of nutrition. Children will consume a lot of nutrients in the process of growing up, and the food contains all kinds of raw materials necessary for protein. Only by taking enough nutrition can we promote the growth of human cells and the growth and development of children.
When the nutrition intake is insufficient, the energy to maintain the child's physical growth is insufficient, which will cause the growth rate of the child's height to be slow or even stagnant.
Physical exercise will also affect the height of children. Proper physical exercise can promote the secretion of growth hormone and accelerate the growth of children. Physical exercise can also promote the body's blood circulation, improve the body's blood supply to bones, and accelerate the growth of bones. Physical exercise can also strengthen children's metabolism, which is more conducive to the absorption of nutrients.
When children exercise too little, it will slow down the metabolism of the body and reduce the consumption of nutrients, which will easily lead to incomplete absorption of nutrients and accumulation in the body, resulting in childhood obesity. When children have too little physical exercise, they can't fully stimulate their body shape, which is not conducive to their growth.
Children's sleep is also related to height. The secretion of growth hormone is regular. The human body secretes less when awake and more when sleeping. Studies have shown that when you sleep at night, the secretion speed of growth hormone is 5~7 times faster than during the day. Ensuring children's adequate sleep is conducive to secreting a large amount of growth hormone and promoting children's growth and height.
Too little sleep time will reduce the growth hormone secretion rate of children and affect their height.
Children's emotions can also affect their height. Studies have shown that when children are in a negative emotional state for a long time, the secretion of hormones in the brain will be inhibited, which is not conducive to their height growth. Negative emotions will also affect children's appetite, which is not conducive to nutrient intake.
These are common factors that affect children's height in life, and some diseases can also lead to children's low height.
The body of premature infants has not yet developed to the stage suitable for birth, which may easily lead to the incomplete development of organs related to growth hormone secretion in the body and affect normal growth.
In addition to premature delivery, it is easy to cause endocrine system abnormalities, and some diseases can also cause endocrine abnormalities, such as hypothyroidism, growth hormone deficiency, precocious puberty and so on.
It is not only the lack of growth hormone that will lead to short children, but also bone problems. When children suffer from diseases such as osteodystrophy and osteogenesis imperfecta, it will cause skeletal dysplasia and lead to short stature of children.
In addition, adolescent diabetes, congenital ovarian hypoplasia, chromosomal abnormalities and other diseases can also lead to short stature of children.
When many parents find that their children are short, they think it is irreparable. In fact, they can grow up by grasping the golden period of three heights.
Preschool is the stage when children are 3-7 years old. Children of this age go to kindergarten to prepare for entering primary school, so they are called preschool classes.
The physical development of preschool children is in a stage of steady growth, which can grow 5~6 cm high every year. At this stage, children's nervous and endocrine systems develop rapidly, which is more conducive to the secretion of growth hormone.
School age refers to the period from 7 years old to 1 1~ 13 years old to adolescence, that is, children's primary school stage. The growth rate of school-age height is similar to that of preschool class, 5~6 cm per year.
At this stage, children's mental development is more perfect and they have a certain sense of protection for themselves. They can do some exercise properly, which is beneficial to the growth of their height.
Adolescence is the period from 1 1 to 13 to 18.
Adolescence is actually a stage for children. According to the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, a child is a person under the age of 18.
At this stage, the child has entered a stage of rapid development and his height has exploded. Every year, their height will increase by more than 7 cm. With more guidance from parents, the annual growth rate can reach 12 cm.
Adolescent children's bodies gradually develop, and they can better absorb nutrients from food and do more exercise, which is conducive to their growth.
These three age groups belong to the rapid growth stage of children's height. Appropriate intervention by parents can accelerate children's growth and help them grow taller.
In the process of children's development, if parents properly intervene, children's growth can be accelerated.
Appropriate intervention, first of all, is to supplement children's nutrition and eat more foods rich in protein, vitamins, minerals and other ingredients.
Protein is the foundation of life, and the growth of children's bones and muscles needs to consume a lot of protein, so supplementing protein can ensure the normal growth of children and accelerate the growth of height to a certain extent. Common foods rich in protein include lean meat, fish, eggs and bean products.
Vitamins are important substances in human metabolism. Appropriate vitamin supplementation can accelerate human metabolism and promote the absorption of nutrients. Common foods rich in vitamins include animal liver, eggs, fruits and vegetables.
Minerals are important substances that constitute the human body, and bones and teeth contain a lot of minerals. Supplementing minerals can promote the growth of bones and accelerate the development of the body. Common foods rich in minerals include milk, bean products, ribs and vegetables.
Studies have shown that children grow faster from March to 10, and these months are suitable for supplementing nutrition for children. Supplementing nutrition can also let children get more sunshine, promote the body's absorption of calcium and accelerate the growth of bones.
However, it is necessary to supplement children's nutrition in an appropriate amount. When the nutrition intake is excessive, it will exceed the consumption ability of children and easily lead to obesity. In addition, excessive nutrition intake may also lead to precocious puberty in children, affect normal development, and may lead to short stature in children.
Ensuring children's adequate sleep is also conducive to the growth of height. Children secrete growth hormone faster when they sleep at night, and adequate sleep can ensure adequate growth hormone. The child's brain is still in the development stage, and adequate sleep is also conducive to brain development.
Urging children to do proper physical exercise can also help them grow taller, and they can do more sports such as running, playing basketball and football. However, we should pay attention to proper exercise. Excessive exercise is harmful to children's health, but not to their growth.
If the child is short because of heredity, he should go to the hospital for medical intervention as soon as possible, and carry out reasonable nutritional supplement and physical exercise under the guidance of a doctor, so that the child can exert his genetic potential and reach the highest height as much as possible.
If it is short stature caused by disease, you should also go to the hospital as soon as possible to treat the disease, so as not to cause irreparable damage to the normal growth of children.
Although the child's height is very important, don't worry too much when it is low. Grasping the three golden periods of height growth and carrying out some appropriate interventions for children are likely to restore their normal height.
If the child's height is low for a long time and the growth rate is extremely slow, it is necessary to consider that it is caused by disease. Go to a regular hospital as soon as possible and seek the help of a doctor.
References:
[1] The patient is short, what diseases should be considered? ",easy to buy, 202 1 03 08.
[2] Convention on the Rights of the Child, United Nations,1989165438+1October 20th.
[3]0 ~ 18 years old children and adolescents height and weight percentile numerical table, Capital Pediatric Research Center.