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Is it still possible hope for me to grow if im 5"3 in height and 16 years of age? my dad is 5"3 as well and my mom is 5"1. i just cant be short :(
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Just wait and see: If no growth happened over the past year, then growth has finished. 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.
Answered 1/2/2015
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