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My friend is feeling so short. she starved herself before and now she is 14. she is complaining about that she eats healthy but doesn't grow. help?!
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Pediatricians check: Most people reach their maximum height in their late teens. Without nutritional problems or chronic childhood illnesses, height is largely based on genetics and parental heights. Aside from eating right, exercising, sleeping well, and being happy, there's not much a person nor his doctor can do to increase height. In rare cases, growth hormone is approved for use in younger, extremely short kids.
Answered 2/1/2015
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