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How does a knicks star like jeremy lin get to be much taller than his parents? is it late puberty? do you gain extra inches each year puberty is late?
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Nutrition: The first american-born generation of Asian parents frequently are several inches taller than their parents/grandparents, possibly due to the higher caloric diet/"better" nutrition in america.
Answered 2/19/2015
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Nutrtion & delayed P: Nutrtion and exercise facilitate growth. However delayed puberty is a reason for many indiidvuals becoming taller. People with early onset-pubeerty are known scientifcally to be shorter on average!
Answered 1/2/2020
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