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My daughter's height is not increasing
My daughter is 15 years and her height is 5 inches. Its not increasing though she is hanging on monkey bars everyday
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Proper height measurements of child along with father and mother is needed. We can then calculate mid parental height. And with help of growth charts can see , if actually your baby is short or it is just your apprehension.
If your baby is actually short as per chart, than need to investigate properly.
Hanging on bars will not make too much of difference.
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best things which you can do is provide nutritious diet rich in protein and consult Pediatrician or Pediatric endocrinologist.
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Dr. Anil Kumar Jain
General Physician
9 yrs exp
Bangalore
Hello there.
I can understand your concern.
First of all, 5 inches??? That's just around 13 cms. With that height she could be the shortest human alive.
I'm sure she would have been more than that when she was even born.
Height will increase till around the age of 21-23 . So I don't think there is a problem if she is 5 feet.
Best regards.
Dr. Anil Kumar Jain.
Bangalore.
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