Can your height affect your health? (Or vice versa)

Milk is rich in calcium which is extremely essential for the growth and maintenance of strong bones. Calcium boosts up your height. Besides, milk is also rich in Vitamin A which helps in restoring calcium in your body. About 2-3 glasses of milk till adulthood are recommended daily by doctors because of its cell building and height enhancing properties in your body.

Your body relaxes during the night and gets a chance to stretch itself. That contributes to an increase in your height. Research says that your backbone increases slightly when you sleep, which makes you appear taller in the morning. During the day, your backbone shrinks and hence, you appear a bit shorter than what you actually are.

Extremely short or tall people suffer from conditions of dwarfism or gigantism respectively. Dwarfism is defined as a height of 4 feet 10 inches or less and on the other end is gigantism, defined as a height of anywhere between 7 and 9 feet. Genes which cause your bones to shrink or strengthen with time are considered to be the primary reasons for the above mentioned physical abnormalities.

The height of a baby grows at a very fast pace in its first year, with 10 inches getting added to their height from birth to age 1. After that, height increases at a steady pace until adulthood for boys. Girls, on the other hand, stop growing two to three years after their first period.