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A member asked:
If you lay down on the ground like the floor or bed do you grow more taller?
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No.: There is no evidence that this would make one taller.
Answered 10/15/2013
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Not as a result of..: Simply laying down does not confer any height advantage. Once your growth stage is complete you cannot enhance that with positional changes. If referring to the effects of time and gravity on height then you would have to lay horizontal the rest of your life to avoid that. Wouldn't recommend...
Answered 10/15/2013
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