Height & Science

Here we reveal extensive research on how we humans grow taller.
What No One Tells You About Bone Growth

What No One Tells You About Bone Growth

by Jay Lauer   |   Dec 04, 2025
Bone growth has long been a bone of contention amongst scientists and health care providers with tremendous efforts being put into the ...
What No One Tells You About Bone Growth

Popular methods to predict your Maximum Potential Height

by Jay Lauer   |   Dec 01, 2025
Parents usually wonder whether it is possible for them to forecast their children’s maximum potential height. The same happens to many ...
What No One Tells You About Bone Growth

Little-known facts about growth hormone

by Jay Lauer   |   Dec 01, 2025
You may come across the term “Growth hormone” more than once in your life but how much do you actually know about it? Surely growth ...
What No One Tells You About Bone Growth

Best vitamins for teenage height growth

by Jay Lauer   |   Dec 01, 2025
Do not blame it on your parents if you are not as tall as you would like to be – it is not just your genes that determine how tall you ...
What No One Tells You About Bone Growth

Does sugar stunt growth?

by Jay Lauer   |   Dec 01, 2025
The height that your children will end up with largely depends on genetics, but the role of nutrition should not be neglected throughout ...
What No One Tells You About Bone Growth

Does drinking milk make you taller?

by Jay Lauer   |   Dec 01, 2025
Nobody is exactly sure as to where the claim comes from. It might be a sort of intuitive understanding, deriving from the belief that ...
What No One Tells You About Bone Growth

Growth chart and a diet plan to increase height

by Jay Lauer   |   Dec 01, 2025
Whether your kids are tall, short, big, or small is determined by various factors, including genetics, nutrition, exercise, living ...
What No One Tells You About Bone Growth

When does your height stop growing?

by Jay Lauer   |   Dec 01, 2025
At what age do you stop growing? You can drive a car at 16. You can vote in most countries at 18. You can legally buy alcohol at 21. But at ...
What No One Tells You About Bone Growth

What’s the average height for a boy?

by Jay Lauer   |   Dec 01, 2025
Parents are always concerned about their children’s growth in terms of height and weight. For boys, it’s quite fascinating to see their ...
What No One Tells You About Bone Growth

Who is the tallest person in the world right now?

by Jay Lauer   |   Dec 01, 2025
Let’s cut straight to it: Sultan Kösen is still the tallest living person on Earth in 2025, standing at 8 feet 2.8 inches (that’s 251 ...
What No One Tells You About Bone Growth

How Does Growth Plate Reveal Your Chance to Grow Taller?

by Jay Lauer   |   Dec 01, 2025
All efforts to improve your height may fail to make significant changes if you overlook a key factor: the status of your growth plates. ...
What No One Tells You About Bone Growth

When do boys stop growing in height?

by Jay Lauer   |   Dec 01, 2025
One minute they’re babies; the next they’re towering over their parents. Boys seem to shoot up so fast and their pants get shorter ...
What No One Tells You About Bone Growth

Do you grow taller when you sleep?

by Jay Lauer   |   Dec 01, 2025
It goes without saying that sleep is pivotal to your general health. But did you know that sleeping could make you grow taller? Not only is ...
What No One Tells You About Bone Growth

Does height increase after 21 years old?

by Jay Lauer   |   Dec 01, 2025
Some people are not satisfied with their height and only wish to become taller. The bad news is, there is nothing much for most adults to ...
What No One Tells You About Bone Growth

How to use a height and weight chart in kg and cm to track ...

by Jay Lauer   |   Dec 01, 2025
You are probably too accustomed to such sayings as “A sound mind is in a sound body” or “Health is wealth”. Indeed, ever since ...
What No One Tells You About Bone Growth

Do girls stop growing when they get their period?

by Jay Lauer   |   Dec 01, 2025
Teenagers going through puberty will have a lot of changes in their growing bodies. One of the most commonly asked questions among teenage ...