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I want to grow my height but my genetics don't allow me to do so? what should i do? how can i grow my height even though my parents are short?
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Exercise, eat, sleep: 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 for a 16-year-old to increase height beyond its natural destiny.
Answered 10/31/2016
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