Someone told me that height deals with 2/3 diet and 1/3 genetics. That seems to me is bogus.
When I was 13, I got my braces out, and somehow my orthodontist measured a bone in my hand, and said I'd grow to be 5'1". That really freaked me out.
I am 20, and I have stopped growing, at exactly 5'5". The thing is my mother is 5'5" and my dad is 5'6". (I am 3/4 Asian, meaning shorter than Caucasians in general, although 5'5" is average for the American woman.)
I don't get how the orthodontist thought I'd be 5'1", even though my parents were both taller. My mom's brother is 6'1" and all my cousins are taller than 5'6" on my mother's side.
Also, I don't drink milk. I am not a vegetarian but I also don't eat cow or pork.
Anyway, genetics or diet? And what's up with the orthodontist's estimate?
2007-01-01
21:36:30
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