A member asked:

My son is 16 years and 6 months his tall is 170 cm can i give him any vitamin or mideson to increase his length , if he still has chance ?

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No: He sounds very healthy now. Vitamins will not increase height.

Answered 4/1/2014

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Dr. Robert Killian answered

Specializes in General Practice

Growing Up: Genetics control height, not vitamins. You can make sure his nutrition is complete with good sources of proteins and calcium. But there is no 'vitamin' to use to make one grow more than there genes have programmed for them.

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