| dc.description.abstract | How to Increase Your Height: Is There Anything I Can Do?
Factors that Affect Height
1. Genetic Factors
- Polygenic trait
2. Non-Genetic Factors
- Environment
- Nutrition
- Exercise
A primer on your height & what you can do about it
- Height is determined between 60%-85% by genetics
- The remainder of that is environmental, primarily nutrition
- If you're malnourished during your growing years you won't reach your full potential
- If you get enough nutrition you'll likely reach your genetically predetermined height, possibly a little taller
- Getting enough protein through your developmental years can add to your height positively
- In Japan after the war, the population had access to more fish protein and the average height of the country increased 3 inches
- Denmark has become one of the tallest countries in the world, and it's rise in height is strongly correlated to it's wealth per capita
- People that can afford to eat, and eat well, will be taller over generations
- It's no guarantee that you'll be taller through eating, but proper nutrition through your formative years, can add a bit onto your genetics
- A good, balanced diet of fats, proteins, and carbohydrates -- eat food, not too much, mostly plants -- you'll do fine | en_US |
