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How can sleep affect growth? what if i sleep less will grow less?
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Possible!: We grow at night in bed so i guess that if the sleep was much less than usual it could affect ultimate stature. At age 18 you have only 2 or 3 years to complete growth.
Answered 6/11/2013
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