According to Jiangsu Public News Channel "News 360", "Has my child reached the standard height?" "What should I do if my child hasn't grown up this year?"... For some parents, the issue of their children's height has always been the focus of attention. On October 7, the Department of Pediatrics of Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine held a free clinic for "free test of bone age " to help parents understand their children's current height status; and provided scientific guidance on their children's growth and development status.
[Children grow at different times]
Mr. Cao's daughter is 7 years old this year, and she is 1.21 meters tall, which makes him a little worried. Taking the bone X-ray and the measured relevant data, Mr. Cao found the doctor for consultation.
Doctor Cao told Mr. Cao that the height of the child is in line with her actual age, so there is no need to intervene too much. You should jump more often, exercise more, and go to bed early. After learning that his daughter's test results were all within normal range, Mr. Cao felt relieved.
The growth and development of people can be expressed by two "ages", namely the actual age and bone age. Generally speaking, the difference between bone age and actual age is within 1 year. Bone age can more accurately reflect the human body's growth and development status and height growth space. Once the bone age matures, the human body will lose the opportunity to grow taller. Children's growth and development are regular, and the growth rate is also different at different times.
Tu Jingfang, chief physician of pediatrics at Jiangsu Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, said that when a new child is born, his length is generally about 50 cm; if it is less than 47 cm, it indicates that the child is somewhat slow to grow in the uterus. In the first year of birth, height is the year with the largest growth, usually 25 cm long, and by 1 year old it is usually 75 cm.
htmlIt will probably grow to about 10 cm between the ages of 01 and 2 years old. From the age of 3 to before puberty, growth and development will slow down, usually 5 to 7 cm. But when puberty, human growth will increase again, at this time it will grow to about 6 to 10 cm.[There are differences in height in the morning and evening. Pay attention to three "one" when measuring]
Many parents like to measure their children's height at home. Within a day, the person's height is the highest in the morning and the lowest before going to bed, and the difference between morning and evening will be 1-2 cm. This is because the day's activities and weight compression make the disc thinner, the arch of the foot becomes shallow, and the spine curvature increases. Therefore, doctors recommend that children over three years old should pay attention to "three ones" when measuring their height.
Tu Jingfang said that when measuring height at the same time, at the same place, and at the same person, you must first measure barefootly. Try to be at the same time, either start at 8 o'clock in the morning or all at night. It is best to test the same person at the same location, because everyone has their own opinions on the height.
In addition, the height measurement should be 3 times each time, with the error of less than 0.3 cm each time, and the average value should be taken. Children under three years old generally measure their length in the lying position, and standard measuring beds or portable measuring plates can be used.
【Be careful! Staying up late is not conducive to children's growth]
has many factors that affect growth. In addition to genetic factors, diet, sleep and other aspects are also very important. Diversity is advocated, and vegetables, fruits, grains, protein, , etc. should be consumed. Experts specifically pointed out that staying up late is not good for children to "grow taller".
Tu Jingfang said that because human growth hormone is generally distributed in deep sleep and is pulse-based, it is recommended that children go to bed early. Growth hormone is distributed once every 2 to 4 hours, and once you go to bed early, so after sleeping late, the time to go deep sleep is relatively late, so the emission of growth hormone is relatively small.
Jiangsu Taiwan reporter/Yang Wen Liu Qihong Editor/Hu Chao
