Physical Growth of Infants and Children, Child Growth
London: Would you like to know if your child is set to stand head and shoulders above the rest? Or if they’re likely to stay diminutive into adulthood? There is an easy (although fallible) mathematical equation that can help you predict how tall your child will be. The formula, which has been used since the 1970s and was revealed in the New York Times, predicts that ‘most (but not all) children will reach a height somewhere within a fairly small range that can be estimated by the average combined heights of their parents.’
Your kid’s future height can vary due to environmental factors such as nutrition. However, 60-80% of a person’s adult height is based on genetics. Who knew? Keep in mind, not all your kids will end up the same height, even if they are of the same s-e-x. Younger siblings tend to be shorter than first-born children and they may grow more slowly.
