"Doctor, I've been stewing bone soup for three days for my children, and I've never lacked nutrition. Why can't I see this child grow up? "
The doctor looked up from the case and gave a wry smile: "Bone soup again! Hey, you have to be clear, bone soup calcium supplement is very limited! "
Looking at the puzzled mother, the doctor simply gave a 16-character policy: "Eat reasonably, work and rest regularly, and strengthen exercise."
After opening the list, the doctor did not forget to say, "It's spring now, and it's easiest for children to take care of themselves when they grow up."
As the saying goes: "Spring rain bursts, bamboo shoots are high".
Spring is the season when everything grows, and it is also the best season for children to grow up. If children can rise with young bamboo shoots, they will seize the golden moment of the year; On the contrary, if you miss the golden period of spring growth, it is useless to drink more bone soup.
It is the wish of parents to hope that their children have long legs; But how to make children grow taller, parents' practice is often hearsay and step into various misunderstandings.
"When the child grows up, supplement calcium!" When it comes to children's height, the word "calcium supplement" has definitely become the * * * knowledge of treasure mothers, from domestic to imported, from medicine to complementary food, treasure mothers are like a few treasures.
Indeed, calcium is an indispensable element in human bones. Children should supplement calcium in moderation, which is helpful for bone growth, but how to supplement it requires parents to have a scientific understanding.
For children, food calcium supplementation is safer than drug calcium supplementation. Children with a normal diet generally don't lack calcium, and only children who can't get enough calcium through food need to consider calcium supplementation. Remember, while supplementing calcium for children, vitamin D should also be added, because vitamin D can promote the absorption of calcium.
No matter how to supplement calcium for children, parents should pay attention to: the right amount!
Excessive calcium supplementation will not only lead to premature closure of children's epiphysis, but also limit their height and affect the absorption of elements such as iron, zinc and magnesium.
Therefore, it is very important for parents to treat their children's height rationally and scientifically.
I once met a treasure mother who was a good cook. Because she takes care of her children full-time, she cooks for her children in different ways every day, and she knows all kinds of nutrition like the back of her hand. But unfortunately, her children are not "ahead" of their peers as she expected, but barely at the height passing line. Moreover, the child did not grow taller, but gained weight, which made her extremely depressed.
Many parents take it for granted that children can grow taller if they eat more! Especially for the elderly, they always feel that they have to fatten their children for nothing before they can rest assured.
In fact, eating too much does not mean that the nutrients consumed by children are increasing elements. On the contrary, too much complementary food will make children overnourished, but will become fat instead of increasing.
It is scientifically proved that obesity may be the main cause of precocious puberty in children, which leads to premature epiphysis closure, affects children's growth and development, and limits their height.
Balanced nutrition and reasonable diet are the correct ways to supplement nutrition.
There is a saying about height: "My father is short and my mother is short." It is about the influence of genetic factors on the height of children.
This is a deep-rooted misunderstanding: parents' height inheritance has an influence on children's height, but it does not mean absolute!
Scientific research shows that genetic influence accounts for 70% and acquired environmental influence accounts for 30% about children's height.
In other words, even if the parents are not tall, if the children grow up with balanced nutrition and healthy life, there is hope to grow a pair of long legs. For example, Jeremy Lin, a China star in the NBA, whose parents are less than 170cm tall, has grown to 19 1cm.
Leave a research version of the height formula, parents may wish to estimate it by themselves, for reference only:
Adult height of son (cm)=[ (father height+mother height) × 1.08]/2.
Adult height of daughter (cm)= (father height ×0.923+ mother height) /2
Many parents have heard that spring is an important season for children to grow taller, but few people know why. Spring helps children grow taller, and we have to start with the laws of nature and human metabolism.
In the human pituitary gland, there are deep substances that contribute to human height, one of which is "growth hormone". Children's physical growth is due to the secretion of growth hormone.
Simply put, growth hormone is a substance that can promote the growth of bones, viscera and the whole body, promote the synthesis of protein, affect the metabolism of fat and substances, and play a key role in human growth and development.
In short, children grow up and growth hormone is the booster!
The reason why spring is the golden season to increase growth is that growth hormone fluctuates obviously in spring and increases secretion. This is mainly due to the warmer temperature in spring, the human skin feels comfortable, the blood vessels relax, the blood supply is increased, the blood circulation is accelerated, and the secretion of pituitary growth hormone is promoted.
The more growth hormone is secreted, the faster the child grows naturally; The longer the secretion of growth hormone lasts, the higher the child will grow.
It is worth noting that: relatively awake, the secretion of hormones during deep sleep is more. Parents should remember not to wake up their children after they fall asleep and interfere with the secretion of growth hormone in the body.
Another main reason why spring helps children grow taller is ultraviolet rays.
Throughout the year, the sunshine in spring is warm, so children can stay outdoors for longer than in other seasons. Children get more sunlight. Ultraviolet rays can promote the body to synthesize vitamin D, help the absorption of calcium and help children grow taller.
The World Health Organization reports that children's height growth in spring (March-May) is 2 to 2.5 times that in other seasons!
Spring is a good time for children to grow up. What can parents do to scientifically help their children grow taller?
Do a good job in exercise, diet, sleep and mood, then you won't worry about your child's growth!
Studies have shown that children who often take part in physical exercise are 4~8cm taller than those who don't.
Children get enough exercise every day, which can not only increase appetite, improve sleep quality, but also promote the secretion of growth hormone. During exercise, the cartilage at both ends of the upper and lower limbs is constantly stimulated, delaying the calcification age of cartilage, prolonging the growth period of bones and helping to improve the height.
It is worth noting that children should exercise for more than 20 minutes every day, adhere to the principle of moderation, and do not exercise excessively.
At present, the recognized sports that contribute to height include skipping, high jump, swimming and various ball games.
But not all sports contribute to height, such as weightlifting, lifting dumbbells, tensioners and other weight-bearing sports.
In the process of exercise, parents should also pay attention to unilateral physical exercises such as badminton and table tennis, but excessive exercise leads to uneven physical development of children.
It is important for children to supplement calcium, but it is more important to adhere to a reasonable diet and ensure balanced absorption of nutrients. Some suggestions for parents.
Diversification of diet: A good diet comes from a reasonable diet. The recipes arranged by parents for their children every day include cereals, beans, milk, eggs, poultry, fish and seasonal vegetables as much as possible. Children are not picky eaters and have more comprehensive nutrition.
Eat less and eat more: Compared with adults, children will do much more exercise in a day, so they are more likely to be hungry. Before dinner, parents can give their children a small amount of extra meals according to the situation, so as to eat less and eat more meals to ensure their children's normal diet.
Put an end to junk food: most children like to eat snacks. Parents should try their best to prevent their children from eating puffed and fried food. Conditional parents may wish to make some snacks for their children to taste.
Eat less nutritious health products: For children, the best nutrition is the daily diet. Nutrition may be effective for a while, making children soar, but a little carelessness may overdraw the height of children in advance.
There is a joke that a child's height comes from sleep. This is actually reasonable. Sleep is the key factor affecting height.
The 20 19 White Paper on Sleep Index of Chinese Youth suggests that children aged 6- 12 should sleep for 9- 10 hours.
According to relevant research data, the peak of growth hormone secretion is 2 1:00 ~ 1:00 in the morning and 5:00 ~ 7:00 in the morning. Therefore, ensuring that children fall asleep before 9 o'clock every night, 10 can enter deep sleep, which is conducive to the secretion of growth hormone.
In many families, children's sleep time follows the routine of their parents. Therefore, considering the child's height, parents should also arrange their own schedule reasonably. Don't let children eat snacks before going to bed, so as not to burden the digestive system and affect the quality of sleep.
There is a medical term called psychological dwarfism. The main reason is that children lack the care of their parents, especially their mothers. The child is in a state of anxiety for a long time, and his sleep is not practical. He often wakes up with nightmares, which invisibly affects the secretion of growth hormone, and the child naturally does not grow tall.
Zheng Yinan, deputy chief physician of pediatrics department of Zhong Da Hospital affiliated to Southern University, once cited an outpatient case in an interview. Miss Zhang and Mr Li, born in 1980s, are both normal in height, but their 4-year-old son is several centimeters shorter than his peers. After understanding the family situation, I learned that the child has long lacked parental care.
The couple are busy with their work, and their children usually live with their grandparents and rarely get along with their parents. Especially in the past year, the working relationship and personnel changes have caused the couple to quarrel constantly. Children used to get along less with their parents. When they came home, they saw their parents quarreling constantly, and they were very scared. In the end, emotion affects height, that is, the functions of hypothalamus and pituitary system are suppressed by emotion, which leads to the decrease of pituitary growth hormone secretion.
A peaceful and happy family atmosphere is the promoter of children's height, and children can only grow up healthily if they are full of security.
A day's plan lies in the morning, and a year's plan lies in the spring. Seize the golden season of children's growth, help children grow taller with scientific methods, and let them soar like mushrooms after rain!
(One for Mano/Aries Ma Xiao. The world is big and the ideal is small. Read, write, walk the baby, laugh at things outside the window, and write quietly in Chinese. )