6 reasons why children grow slowly that parents should know
(Baonghean.vn) - Children's height can be due to genetics or can also be due to external factors such as nutrition, sports training, etc., but some children are short and unable to develop due to their parents' mistakes. So what is the cause of children's slow growth in height?
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| Phosphorus - a common ingredient in carbonated water can increase the excretion of calcium from the body, causing children to have limited height. In addition, carbonated water also contains a lot of sugar and CO2, which will make children feel full, leading to loss of appetite... All of these factors affect children's height in the future. |
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| Cooking food that is too salty for your baby or not controlling the amount of salt your baby eats can cause your baby to be short, because salt can increase the excretion of minerals through the urinary tract, especially calcium excretion. The more salt you eat, the more calcium your body excretes, especially for young children. |
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| Beef is very low in calcium, and rich in acidic elements such as phosphorus, sulfur... which makes the blood acidic, requiring calcium in food and calcium in bones to neutralize, reducing calcium absorption in the body... The amount of protein in beef also reduces calcium absorption as well as disrupts the balance of food. |
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| Growth hormones that promote bone growth are secreted the most when children are in deep sleep from 10pm to midnight, three times higher than the amount of hormones secreted during the day. Therefore, if you eat a lot before going to bed, your stomach will have to work, causing your child to not sleep deeply, affecting the amount of growth hormones, so they cannot reach optimal height. |
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| Children who frequently suffer from diarrhea, digestive disorders or worms, if not treated promptly, often have stunted growth in height later on. According to doctors, if a child has 7 bouts of diarrhea in the first 2 years of life, he or she will be 3 cm shorter than his or her peers when he or she reaches the age of 7; this number increases to 4.6 cm if the child is infected with worms. Therefore, this is also the reason why children are slow to grow in height. |
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| First, parents need to let their children get enough sleep to stimulate the growth hormone to be secreted regularly. This hormone is strongest at night when children sleep. Therefore, if children lack sleep or sleep at the wrong time, their height will also be affected. |
