Here’s How To Predict How Tall Your Kids Will Be
This easy formula will tell you whether your kids will be strapping or smaller than average [Photo: Rex]
Ever wanted to skip ahead and find out how tall your kids will be when they’re fully grown? Well there’s an easy formula for that.
It’s actually been used by doctors since the 70s, but Huggies have revisited it while looking into which factors influence your child’s height.
The formula predicts that most (though not all) children will eventually reach a height somewhere between a small range which is easily estimated using the combined height of their parents.
So here’s how it works:
For boys: Take each parent’s height in centimetres and add them together.
Divide that number by 2. Add 6.5 cm to the number. This number is the mid-parental height for boys. This number plus or minus 10 cm is the range in which you could expect your son to fall.
For girls: Take each parent’s height using cm and add them together. Divide that number by 2. Subtract 6.5 cm from the number if using metric. This number is the mid-parental height for girls. This number plus or minus 10 cm is the range in which you could expect your daughter to fall.
So, say you’re a woman of an average height of 162 cm and your partner is a vertiginous 193 cm, then you can expect to have a son who grows to somewhere between 175 and 195 cm. Or if it’s a girl, she’ll be likely to grow up to measure between 162 and 182 cm.
If you want to cut out the maths you can use Huggies easy generator.
However, Professor David Ravine, who worked with them on the study, explains that there’s multiple factors at play which determine height.
While genes account for about 70 per cent of the influence on your child’s eventual height, the other 30 per cent is down to environmental factors. With nutrition during your kid’s early years and also while they’re in-utero playing a major role in their growth.
Ravine explains “Nutrition has an effect on how our body forms and grows, so at crucial growing phases in the early years our bodies need the right nutrients to fulfil long-term growth potential.”
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