How do you figure out how tall you will be?

Answer 1

Your height when you are a fully grown adult depends on: * how tall your parents were * how tall you are now * how old you are now * what generation you live in * what you eat * how much you exercise * your gender You can ask your doctor to predict how tall you will get. If you are, say, twelve years old, and you are already 5ft 5", then you will obviously be very tall. If your parents are both short, then you will probably be short. Once you get to a certain age (about seventeen years to twenty five years) you stop growing. If you're thirty-nine, for example, obviosly you aren't going to grow any taller. Very old people with back problems can "shrink", but they aren't actually shrinking; it's their bones getting all mixed up and because they're hunched over. Most of your height is hereditary (that means you get it from your parents, your grandparents, your great-grandparents, etc.). If your family has an unusual growth gene in which most of your family members grow very tall or very short, then you will most likely have it as well. Ask your doctor at your next check-up if he/she could predict your height (if you're still growing). They have for me (though I didn't request it). Though you can't make yourself taller or shorter, you can be healthy and eat the right amounts of healthy foods and exercise daily. You will become slouched over or even develope scoliosis if you carry heavy loads unevenly distributed along you back, such as a very heavy backpack.