Children of high stature. Growth and weight table in children. Growth formula

Is the child high growth a problem? How to determine deviations from the norm, and what is worth doing to parents, being in such a situation.

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Since we will talk about children's growth, first we need to find out what is excessively high in the child, understand the reasons, and also understand what should be done for the psychological and social development of a tall child.

Important: remember, you cannot evaluate the problem of the growth of the child from the perspective of an adult, it is necessary to take into account many surrounding factors: age, weight, social environment, nature finally.

Often we can determine the approximate growth of the child at birth, because it depends on genetic factors. Look at your parents - it is unlikely that two short people will have a basketball player, isn't it? So pediatricians measure a newborn child, weigh it. Further there is already a question of harmonious growth and weight, because the growth of a child is a direct reflection of his development.

Factors affecting the growth of the child

There are many factors affecting the growth process, for example:

Heredity (you can calculate the approximate growth of the child according to the Tanner formula)
Nutrition (providing the body with vitamins and substances necessary for growth)
Physical development
Psychological situation

How to calculate the approximate final growth of a child? Tanner's formula

As mentioned, you can calculate the approximate final growth of the child according to Tanner's formulas based on the child’s data at 3 years old:

for boys 1.27 x height of 3 years + 54.9 cm
for girls 1.29 x height of 3 years + 42.3 cm.

How does nutrition and physical activity affect the growth of a child?

Food It also has a huge impact on the growth of the child, because the young organism needs proper and balanced nutrition containing vitamins and the substances necessary for the construction of the growing body.
The diet must have vegetables, fruits, dairy products that provide sufficient bones for the formation of bones calcium.

Important: a deficiency of nutrients in nutrition can cause growth deviations in both direction and the other

Physical exercise In different ways they affect the growth of the child. For example, power sports, the struggle does not contribute to an increase in growth, unlike tennis, volleyball, basketball.

Let's get acquainted with the approximate standards for the development of the growth and weight of the child in early childhood and try to figure out what causes excess growth.

The child grows unevenly, spasmodic. In the first year after birth, the child grows and develops quite intensively, then the growth begins to slow down a little. If you measure the growth of your child at home, then it is worth allowing the presence of errors.

Important: after a year and up to four years, the average increase is 2-3 cm per year, then the indicators are growing a little-3-4 cm per year. The subsequent large jump in growth should be expected during puberty, which falls for 11-14 years in girls and 12-17 years in boys.

Table of approximate development of growth and mass of children

It all depends on the age, so I suggest that you consider the table of approximate development of growth and mass of children.

Age	Girls		Boys
Age	Mass, kg	Growth, see	Mass, kg	Growth, see
Newborns	3.330 ± 0.440	49.5 ± 1.63	3.530 ± 0.450	50.43 ± 1.89
1 month	4.150 ± 0.544	53.51 ± 2.13	4.320 ± 0.640	54.53 ± 2.32
2 months	5.010 ± 0.560	56.95 ± 2.18	5.290 ± 0.760	57.71 ± 2.48
3 months	6.075 ± 0.580	60.25 ± 2.09	6.265 ± 0.725	61.30 ± 2.41
4 months	6.550 ± 0.795	62.15 ± 2.49	6.875 ± 0.745	63.79 ± 2.68
5 months	7.385 ± 0.960	63.98 ± 2.49	7.825 ± 0,800	66.92 ± 1.99
6 months	7.975 ± 0.925	66.60 ± 2.44	8.770 ± 0.780	67.95 ± 2.21
Seven months	8.250 ± 0.950	67.44 ± 2.64	8.920 ± 1.110	69,56+2,61
8 months	8.350 ± 1.100	69.84 ± 2.07	9.460 ± 0.980	71.17 ± 2.24
9 months	9.280 ± 1.010	70.69 ± 2.21	9.890 ± 1.185	72.84 ± 2.71
10 months	9.525 ± 1.350	72.11 ± 2.86	10.355 ± 1.125	73.91 ± 2.65
11 months	9.805 ± 0,800	73.60 ± 2.73	10.470 ± 0.985	74.90 ± 2.55
12 months	10.045 ± 1.165	74.78 ± 2.54	10.665 ± 1.215	75.78 ± 2.79
1 year 3 months	10,520+1,275	76.97 ± 3.00	11.405 ± 1.300	79.45 ± 3.56
1 year 6 months	11,400+1,120	80.80 ± 2.98	11.805 ± 1.185	81.73 ± 3.34
1 year 9 months	12,270+1,375	83.75 ± 3.57	12.670 ± 1.410	84.51 ± 2.85
2 years	12,635+1,765	86.13 ± 3.87	13.040 ± 1.235	88.27 ± 3.70
2 years 6 months	13,930+1,605	91.20 ± 4.28	13.960 ± 1.275	81.85 ± 3.78
3 years	14,850+1,535	97.27 ± 3.78	14.955 ± 1.685	95.72 ± 3.68
4 years	16.02 ± 2.3	100.56 ± 5.76	17.14 ± 2.18	102.44 ± 4.74
5 years	18,48+2,44	109.00 ± 4.72	19.7 ± 3.02	110.40 ± 5.14
6 years	21,34+3,14	115.70 ± 4.32	21.9 ± 3.20	115.98 ± 5.51
7 years	24,66+4,08	123.60 ± 5.50	24.92 ± 4.44	123.88 ± 5.40
8 years	27.48 ± 4.92	129.00 ± 5.48	27.86 ± 4.72	129.74 ± 5.70
9 years	31.02 ± 5.92	136.96 ± 6.10	30.60 ± 5.86	134.64 ± 6.12
10 years	34.32 ± 6.40	140.30 ± 6.30	33.76 ± 5.26	140.33 ± 5.60
11 years	37.40 ± 7.06	144.58 ± 7.08	35.44 ± 6.64	143.38 ± 5.72
12 years	44.05 ± 7.48	152.81 ± 7.01	41.25 ± 7.40	150.05 ± 6.40
13 years old	48.70 ± 9.16	156.85 ± 6.20	45.85 ± 8.26	156.65 ± 8.00
14 years	51.32 ± 7.30	160.86 ± 6.36	51.18 ± 7.34	162.62 ± 7.34

However, do not panic if the data indicated in the table do not fit your child. Indicators can fluctuate, because all children develop in unique conditions.

I suggest you figure it out when, after all, high growth is physiology, and when it already goes into the stage of pathology.

High growth can be called a feature of physiology, when it is genetically justified, the ratio of growth-mass does not exceed the norm, and the body develops proportionally. Often, high growth is not a medical problem, but there are times when it is a sign of the presence of a disease.

Why is the child growing above the norm? The reasons

We highlight the main causes of high stature:

Ethnicity (affects racial affiliation of relatives)
Obesity (the child is ahead of peers in growth development by about 1-2 years)
Early puberty (sex hormones stimulate bone growth)
The pituitary tumor (excessive secretion of growth hormone, leading to giantism)
Klainfelter syndrome (three chromosomes instead of two)
Marfan syndrome (connective tissue disease)

If the cause of high growth is genetic factors, such as heredity, for example, then it is impossible to influence the situation. However, you can try to prevent subsequent problems with proper nutrition and physical exercises.

Important: with early puberty, you should not panic, over time, growth in most cases stops in connection with the closure of growth zones. In this case, the growth of a tall child in childhood with growing up is hardly reaches medium height.

Pathological cases of excessive child growth

If high growth is due to pathological factors, then the situation can be influenced by timely and correct diagnosis.
For example, in the treatment of a pituitary tumor, which distinguishes the growth hormone, the problem of highness leaves along with the elimination of the problem.

Marfan syndrome and Cleinfelter syndrome are practically not to be treated.

Parents should be wary immediately if the child grows more than normal, because timely identification of the cause is very important at this stage.

Important: the doctor, based on the child’s history, his growth scheme, laboratory tests, measurement of the extremities can determine the cause of the growth disorder and prescribe the necessary treatment.

If you miss the moment of manifestation of diseases, then the problem can become constant, and change something will be extremely difficult.

Important: I would like to draw the attention of parents to the fact that if an increase in growth is not a sign of medical pathology, then it is not worth interfering in the physiological development of the body of your child.

The highest child in the world

For example, the mother of the highest child in the world is proud of her son, who was in the Guinness Book of Records, as the highest child in the world. His name is Karan Singh. At the age of two, its growth was 124 centimeters, and by five years it grew to 170, which is the average growth of a man. At the same time, the boy’s growth is not even going to stop.

Studies have not discovered any medical pathologies, doctors explain such a significant increase in genetic heredity, because the growth of the boy’s mother is 220 centimeters, which allows her to be the highest woman in Asia. Karan does not experience any inconvenience because of his height, actively communicates with his peers and dreams of becoming a professional basketball player.

Regardless of the reasons for increasing the growth of the child, it is worth remembering the need for psychological support for children. Even if the growth is a medical care, the child is faced with increased attention of outsiders, besides, such children look older, so they often require more.

Important: in kindergarten, in school, in addition to attention from adults, a child may encounter a hostile attitude from peers and experience constant stress.

It is worth explaining to the child that high growth contains a number of advantages. For example, it is not for nothing that many tall people are described as prominent, stately. In extreme cases, you should contact a child psychologist, because

Important: the formation of the psyche of the child is the key to his harmonious life in the future.

High children: tips

Summing up the above, you can give parents some tips.
Firstly, with deviations in the growth or weight of the child, it is necessary to take measures: to be reduced to a doctor or, in the case of excess weight, pay attention to nutrition and physical activity.
Secondly, it is important not to forget about the instability of the psychological state at an early age and about the problems that your child may encounter due to the features of its development and provide him with all kinds of support.