growing taller

Sri Lanka
October 24, 2006 9:33pm CST
I'm from Sri Lanka and our country is one of the short people living countries among the world. Also this is a kind of poor,third world country. Any way I want to gain my hight through exersices. not via minerals or vitamin taking. So pls help me !
3 responses
@ssh123 (31073)
• India
25 Oct 06
You country is not poor. It is one of the fast developing countries in the world. People are brave and hardworking. Your forest products and Tea is quite famous. You have lovely beaches. People are not short but average height. For you to grow, you try swimming and bar exercises.
@ilse72 (1450)
• United States
25 Oct 06
Your height is predetermined by genetics. You can stunt it by improper diet, etc. but there is nothing you can do to be taller. (Yes, there is surgery where you can have your leg bones separated and plates put in to lengthen your bones but this is only done for those of severely less than normal height. It is also very painful with a long recovery period). A male will continue to grow until age 21 while a female reaches full height at 18. If you are young enough to have not stopped growing, you might want to go here, enter the required info and receive an estimate of how tall you will get to be. Remember, it is only an estimate! http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/welcome/htcalculator.html (I'm an R.N.)
• United States
25 Oct 06
yea yea yea yea yea yea......