Experts revealed three golden tips to help increase the height of children even though their parents are short

Dr. Tran Thi Hong Loan, Saigon General Hospital said, according to scientific studies, genetics contribute only 23% of the height, the remaining 77% is determined by a living environment including 32 % due to nutrition, 25% of illness and sleep, 25% to exercise and exercise. So short parents can still raise tall children if they know how to provide enough nutrients combined with appropriate physical exercise.

There are three stages of rapid height development and are important for a person's life.

From 3 months - 2 years old: Both boys and girls have this golden growth time in height. Nutrition is not deficient in this period, if deficiency will make the child height growth delay for another 6 months. If more than 6 months - from 2 years of age, the child still has a nutritional deficiency, without paying attention to recovery or supplementation before, will make the child lose the opportunity to reach the maximum height during this period. Then, from 2-3 years old, the height of the child will increase slowly.

From 4 - 6 years old: Girls with a golden time are on the rise. If the baby previously increased slowly, or anorexia inadequate nutrition, the baby's body will increase compensation at this time, an average increase of 5-6 cm / year. If stage 1 nutrition is good and the height increases steadily, girls will increase by 10-12 cm / 2 years. Boys at this time is a normal increase, nor make up for the previous period.

Puberty period: Girls from 11 - 15 years old, boys from 13 - 17 years old. During this period, the rate of increase is highest to reach the near maximum point (the last height of the child later). However, this stage is also a time when it is easy to gain weight, if girls or boys are obese at this time, the speed of height increase will also decrease significantly.

Parents can take advantage of these times to practice well at the same time all three factors "eat right, sleep early, exercise regularly", helping children develop maximum height.

Eat right

Right from the start of weaning, there should be a scientific diet, balanced according to thasoo nutrition, focusing on protein groups (meat, fish, eggs, milk, soy), vegetables. When older children need to ensure adequate protein and five food groups in each main meal including flour, fat, protein, vegetables, fruits.

In addition, moms should also control carbs and fats, limit fast food, snack foods, soft drinks, carbonated water because it can easily affect the body's ability to absorb calcium, decline. cartilage and bone growth.

Babies should be exclusively breastfed for at least 6 months from birth and last as long as possible. Parents should get enough vitamin D from 1 month after birth.

When your baby starts weaning, they should be introduced to a variety of foods and fortified with 2 days / week of foods rich in zinc, calcium and vitamins A, B, and C. Parents should supplement calcium from food, should not arbitrarily supplement calcium for children because they usually do not bring height increase results from food calcium, but also have a high risk of causing health problems. Excess calcium can affect growth hormone and has the opposite effect of making babies shorter.

Experts recommend that mothers should feed their baby 2 days of fish (salmon / autumn / eel / copy) / week to maintain good omega-3 fats for babies. Use more milk and milk products at least 500-600 ml daily. Limit sweets from sugar, candy, cakes, chocolate and fast food, greasy snacks.

Bed early

Babies should sleep before 10pm. Growth hormone secretes maximum from 23h to 2-3am, so that the bones will grow. Besides, babies should have an entire night's sleep. For example, a 4-year-old child should have 9-10 hours of sleep a night and 2-3 hours a day.

Practice evenly

Exercise is a good way to increase height in children.

Babies from 3 months - 2 years old: Parents can reduce the time to hold babies when they develop crawling skills. As older children can take them to the park, play some outdoor games.

Children 3-4 years old, parents play with them games of brain activity and height.

Children from 4-5 years old are advised to learn to swim 2 times / week and 2 sessions 3 days apart, each session should not exceed 45 minutes. When your child is 8 years old, it can be increased to 3 sessions / week, each session should not exceed 60 minutes. Such intensity will be appropriate for baby's bone development and enough time for new bone formation.