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Reply 1

iamhuhbbang
im 17 nd im only 5ft 1...
ive been short all my life...
does that mean im gonna stay this way?
is there anything i can do? :confused:

Nope, it may be just in your genes that your a late developer, if either of your parents had a late growth spurt then you are likely to be the same, I wouldn't worry about it, your not finished growing until you are in your early 20's

Reply 2

the problem is that my parents are not that tall either...

Reply 3

iamhuhbbang
the problem is that my parents are not that tall either...

Add 5 inches to your mums height, add that to your dad's height and what do you get? ....thats a rough genetic prediction for your expected adult height.

Reply 4

Daveo
Add 5 inches to your mums height, add that to your dad's height and what do you get? ....thats a rough genetic prediction for your expected adult height.

I've probably totally misinterpretted this........
but doesn't that make u double height?

Reply 5

Daveo
Nope, it may be just in your genes that your a late developer, if either of your parents had a late growth spurt then you are likely to be the same, I wouldn't worry about it, your not finished growing until you are in your early 20's


good...cos i wanna be taller!! (i'm about 5 ft. 6)

Reply 6

im 17, n ive jus reached 5ft :biggrin: ive been 4ft 11inches for agessssssssssssssss

Reply 7

I'm 6ft and a bit. I stopped growing when I was 12.

Reply 8

iamhuhbbang
is there anything i can do? :confused:


Well, there's always "the rack".

But you wouldn't like it.

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