How can I get taller?!


Question: How can I get taller?
I'm a freshman in highschool and i am a mere 5 feet tall...most of my friends are around 5'6". My Mom is 5'1" and my dad 5'10", my brother is 5'9" as a junior. I am currently 14 and i wonder am i going to get taller?

Answers:

I'm a doctor and i have researched the topic of height increase a fair bit by looking at various studies. Basically height is around 70% genetics :/, but you can still grow a few inches taller than your predicted potential. I assume your a male (you didn't specify) - guys usually stop growing around the age of eighteen, growth spurts usually stop around sixteen, but I know guys that have had growth spurts towards the later part of fifteen. You have plenty of time left to grow :)

The key to growing taller are growth hormones. These are produced naturally in your body and are essentially the substance that makes you grow (this means it is a safe method). To increase height you need to increase the levels of these hormones.

I found a very helpful site that i will list below about increasing levels of growth hormone in the body. It's probably better for you to read all of that then for me to list it all on here.
Good luck - i hoped i helped :)

http://www.squidoo.com/how-to-be-tall



I'm a senior in High School and when i first entered I was only 5'3" tall. Most of the other students are above 6' tall but I now am 5'7 1/2". I honestly don't believe it's only genetics that will make you tall because I come from a very short family (mostly around 5'-5'4") so this is a great feat compared to the rest of my family. I read somewhere that your size and figure are usually in conjunction with your environment so I wouldn't give up now and why not try a sport? I hear swimming stretches you out pretty wide :)

Life and my head :D



I'm a junior in high school and I'm 4'9. How tall you get is based on your genetics and gender. Usually boys are taller and grow longer than girls, who stop at 19. You can't force growth, no matter how hard you try. You probably have some inches left in you if female. Boys: maybe 6 inches in the next couple years. Growth spurts!

Anatomy class



Of course you don't stop growing until your 21. im a sophomore girl and I'm 5'3 just eat lots of vegetables especially drink milk because calcium helps you grow.



am i freshman in high school.




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