Your Child’s Height: The Long & Short of it
Prof Fabian Yap
Head and Senior Consultant, Paediatric Endocrinology, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Clinical Associate Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School
A child grows in length from the time of conception and throughout childhood, until final height is reached upon the completion of puberty.
Concerns about shortness, tallness and a child’s height potential are among the most common anxieties parents have about their children.
What is height potential and what does final height mean?
What is puberty and how is it related with height growth?
How do doctors use growth charts and hand X-rays to assess a child’s growth?
