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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids eat a much more varied and nutritious diet than I did as a kid and they're both forecast to be shorter than us. We don't have any obesity in the family and are all fit. DH and I are both 5'8" tall. Our girls are expected to be 5'2" and 5'6", so noticeably shorter than both of us. We attribute it to genetics given other shorter female family members. It shouldn't be diet, as we eat a pretty darn clean and healthy diet by any standard.[/quote] I think whether they’ve gotten their periods yet will play into their final height, but obviously “expected” to be isn’t final yet, unless post-puberty. Have they always trended at those height percentiles? My son is taller than predicted by those add up/divide formulae because the males in my husband’s family are always tall. I’m 5’3” and my husband is 6’1” and our son is on track at 13 to be the same height. If you look at all the males on DH’s side, they’re all 6’1” and over.[/quote]
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