Healthy hotspots ｜ How to make children grow?Huaxi expert Sun Xiaomei: Parents can do this

Cover Journalist Ning Zhi

Summer is the season when children grow taller. Children's height has always been a topic of concern to parents. Is the child's body tall? What is the height of the prediction? At the pediatric clinic of the West China Second Hospital of Sichuan University, Dr. Sun met many parents who came to the doctor for "growth and development".

How to make children grow? Recently, the reporter interviewed the deputy chief physician of the Pediatrics of the West China Second Hospital of Sichuan University.

How to judge whether the child's height is normal?

According to the "Report on Nutrition and Chronic Diseases of Chinese Residents (2020)" issued by the National Health and Health Commission, the average Chinese men aged 18-44 are 169.7cm tall and women are 158cm, which is 1.2cm and 0.8 from the statistical data in 2015 respectively. cm.

With the development of society, parents are more and more concerned about their children's height. How can we judge whether the child's height meets the standard?

The first is to pay attention to the current height of the child. In contrast to the height of the height, you can evaluate whether the child is short: below the 25th percentage of height, which is deviated from growth; the height is below the 3 % level, and it is a short figure. It is worth noting that each child has its own growth curve, and it is not normal for the height to be in the median value.

The second is to pay attention to the growth rate of children. Measuring height every 3-6 months, it is very important to understand the growth rate of a child in the near future. The measurement of height is also particular. The same person, the same ruler, and the most comparable height in the same time period.

▲ Height percentage level numerical table

Can bone age predict height?

Bone age can accurately reflect the level of growth and development than the actual age, and plays an important role in diagnosing growth and development of diseases. However, healthy children under 6 years of age do not recommend conventional detection of bone age.

Single age detection can only reflect the development of the time point. Based on this, it predicts that the future height is not very accurate and scientific, and dynamic monitoring of bone age and height is more meaningful.

▲ Height percentage level numerical table

Tiger Tips

We genetically unable to change the genetic factors, but we can effectively grasp the acquired factors.

1. Proper nutrition.

Diet needs to be comprehensive, nutritious and balanced. Pay attention to the thickness of the thickness, the balanced meat and vegetables, the reasonable intake of various nutrients, and the reasonable supplementation of vitamin D. In addition, do not blindly believe in increased products or health products. You cannot hold the psychology of "health care products at least without side effects". Some health products may cause children with precocious puberty and liver and kidney function abnormalities.

2. Reasonable exercise.

Life lies in exercise. Exercise can accelerate metabolism, while promoting the secretion of growth hormones, which is good for weight and sleep. All exercise helps grow taller.

3. Ensure sufficient sleep.

The peak of the secretion of growth hormones is at night, and it is important to ensure sufficient sleep. Generally speaking, children aged 4 ~ 6 need to sleep 11-12 hours a night, and primary and secondary school students should ensure that they sleep more than 9 hours per night.

4. Pay attention to children's mental health.

Happy spiritual is conducive to growth, and spiritual depression can inhibit growth hormone secretion. No matter how busy, parents have to take out time to accompany their family and children.

5. Drug intervention.

For some special diseases, we can use some corresponding drugs, such as: low thyroid function can supplement thyroid hormone; vitamin D is not enough to supplement vitamin D; growth hormone deficiency requires replenish growth hormones. This requires professional doctors to grasp the indications of medication and make long -term follow -up.

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