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Over the last century the population all over the world has been growing taller. This is because of improved health conditions and better nutrition. In the last 150 years this resulted in a drastic increase in height for indoviduals of four inches. These days an average US male is now 5 feet and 10. In case you are a lot shorter than the average I have good news for you, because there are several things you can do to increase body height.

Genetics, hormones, and nutrition are the main variants determining the height of an individual. Once puperty is completed an individual will in general stop growing. For boys this is around age 18, for girls at age 16. Our body follows a blueprint to determine our full adult height. It has to be mentioned, that several other variants can influence the final height.

For children proper nutrition is extremely important, because it helps reaching their full height potential. Many researches show that if a child does not meet their dietary needs they will not grow to their expected height. Especially during the prepubescent period it is important to eat nutritious meals, this ensures that a child will reach its expected height. A greater number of calories is required in the period of rapid growth to fuel the skeletal generation.  Read more...