Patient's question:
The Impact of Parents' Height on the Baby. Both of us are relatively short, and we are very concerned about our child's future. We hope you can help us clarify this. If it's truly not possible, I might have to reconsider my marriage.Previous Treatment and Effects: No treatment has been administered.
Desired Help: Both of us are on the shorter side—male height is 162 cm, female height is 152 cm. Could you please let us know if our child will be short? Can you provide a rough estimate? Thank you! I urgently need your help.
Doctor's answer:
Children raised in a good living environment, their height in adulthood is largely determined by intergenerational inheritance. In fact, there is no need to worry too much, because although height has a certain intergenerational inheritance relationship with the height of their parents, it is mainly still necessary to consider factors such as nutrition and exercise in later stages. Let the child drink a lot of milk and high-quality protein, and pay attention to playing basketball more, and they will grow taller.