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What effect does sleep have on my height as a teen guy?
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Helps: Growth hormone is excreted from the pituitary gland after a period of sleep.If you do not get enough effective sleep you can interfere with the pattern and possibly delay or impair eventual height.
Answered 10/17/2015
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