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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Barring malnourishment or a genuine medical issue- it‘s all in the genes. All.

You won’t know a thing about their eventual sizes until after puberty- which very often brings major surprises. Plenty of kids end up unexpectedly short or unexpectedly tall (as compared to their parents)- taking after other relatives. Some kids are tall when young but stop growing early and end up short-average. Others are tiny when young but end up very tall. No way to predict (absent medical testing).

All of this stuff about milk, vitamins, sleep etc is nonsense- in the context of a healthy American kid whose pediatrician has no concerns. Which I’m sure is the case here. [/quote]

These are Asians giving these recommendations [/quote]
It is true that the Asian mindset might be that a healthy mind makes a healthy body and physical activity is also emphasized. Honestly, I am so jealous of older Asian folk exercising at the gym and being lean and into physical activity, and then there is my mom and FIL, just sitting and moaning that they are not called and how they are miserable. You tell them to go do something, and they are asking what, there is nothing for me to do. They have sciatica, diabetes, hurting leg, headache, high blood pressure... so all those exercising are just in great health?
I am not saying that many white people don't exercise and have activities and that many Asian people are never exercising, I am just saying that it has been my perception that the ethnic Asian population in the U.S. in my gym and in my neighborhood appears to be more active than the older white population.
However, if a growing kid is not eating enough, signing up for a sport will only burn more calories and prevent the maximum height potential.[/quote]
Maybe it is good health that allows people to exercise, rather than revising causing good health.[/quote]

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