My daughter of 8 years and 9 months is of 114 cms although I am 185 cm and my wife is 167 cm. My elder daughter (11 years and 5 months) is 168 cms. What can be done to increase her height. C also has leg length discrepancy. Are the two problems linked?

Dr. Sucharitra PicassoHomeopath17yrs exp

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Hi, the two problems are different from each other. Don't worry as she is just 8 yrs. Old, she still has 10 yrs. More to gain further height! I wouldn't advise to give any medicine for gaining height. Let her get indulge into few of those activities and diet which would help her in gaining height. Later after 4-5 yrs, you can consult me again, if the problem still persists. Management: ask her to: consume a balanced diet. A person will look a lot shorter when having a plump body. Not only that, being fit by eating right will make you taller and feel better! eat plenty of lean protein. Lean protein, such as white poultry meat, fish, soy, and dairy, helps promote muscle growth and healthy bones. Simple carbohydrates such as pizza, cakes, sweets, and soda, are the stuff to stay away from. Eat plenty of calcium. Calcium, found in leafy green vegetables such as spinach and kale, and in dairy (yogurt and milk), helps promote healthy bones. Get enough zinc. Studies, although they have been inconclusive so far, point to a possible link between zinc deficiencies and stunted growth in boys. Good sources of zinc include oysters, wheat germ, pumpkin and squash seeds, lamb, peanuts, and crab. Get enough vitamin d. Vitamin d promotes bone and muscle growth in children, and a deficiency has been shown to stunt growth and cause weight gain in teenage girls. Vitamin d can be found in fish, alfalfa, or mushrooms commonly. 60% to 80% of your height is determined by genes! apart from these: -exercise throughout the teen years and in puberty. Get out and about and work your muscles for at least 30 minutes each day. Join a sports team or do some cardio exercises (like running, jumping, skipping, brisk walking). Do get indulge in stretch exercises, and sports like basketball, volleyball. -sleeping is the time when your body grows, get between 9 and 11 hours of sleep per night if you're a preteen or still younger than 20. -avoid any bad habit like smoking which affects the height, also avoid anabolic steroids which inhibit bone growth in young children and teens. -always stand straight instead of hunching your back. 

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