The doctors did this for my now 17-year-old brother when he was a baby and they were right on the money.
2006-08-05 14:12:58 · 10 answers · asked by hary 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
When my little brother was approaching his 2nd birthday, we heard that you can take the height of a child on his 2nd birthday and double it, and that will be his adult height. So on my brother's birthday, we measured him and he was 2 ft 4 1/2 inches. So we thought he would be a midget of about 4 ft 9 inches. Well, when he grew up, he was 5 ft 11 inches.
Everybody grows at a different rate. Depends on heredity, diet, hormones, etc.
2006-08-05 14:59:41 · answer #1 · answered by Susie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess they follow a growth chart, calculate from the size of the baby at the time, I'm not sure. My doctor told us that our daughter was very small and would always be the smallest one in her class. She's 17 now, 5' 7" and taller than a lot of the boys. Go figure.
2006-08-05 14:20:33 · answer #2 · answered by hayden 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That cannot determine precisely, because of many variable factors involved in growing and aging process. They can however predict it to a certain degree of accuracy. Accuracy and precision or two different things. They just based the growth of your brother against quantitative data of growth amongst other babies. Quantative in that many many babies growth patterns were put into calculation to provide an overall average.
2006-08-05 14:39:52 · answer #3 · answered by Phillip R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best way is during puberty. A female usually only grows for 2 years after the beginning of menstruation. For males it is about the same. So you cannot estimate height until puberty begins.
2006-08-06 13:57:12 · answer #4 · answered by citymouse411 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually this is determined by your height at approximately age 3 to 4...which is half of your adult height.
2006-08-05 15:02:45 · answer #5 · answered by shadhag42 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can tell by measuring the growth plates from an x-ray. They also take into consideration the height of the parents.
2006-08-05 16:04:29 · answer #6 · answered by princess sparkel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-03 23:29:35 · answer #7 · answered by derival 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They use a growth chart; normal children grow in a pretty well understood way:
http://www.drhull.com/EncyMaster/G/growth_chart.html
2006-08-05 14:15:55 · answer #8 · answered by BigPappa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They use averages from millions of babys that were charted to adulthood.
2006-08-05 14:17:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah im soposed to be 6 foot tall and my little brother is soposed to be 7ft we have a very tall family
2006-08-05 14:17:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋