Is it possible for height to shrink even in those "growing" years?

Question

I'm 13, 5ft 3in and 3/4th (nearly 4ft) and I haven't grown in a year. Also I feel shorter than my classmates. I exercise and try my best to eat good foods but sometimes I have no time. Is it okay to have skim milk than regular milk?

Answer 1

5 feet four inches is actually a very average height for a woman. You may just have a lot of tall friends, or it may be the fact that you are thirteen and at a very selfconscious age. I bet a lot of your tall friends feel like oversized amazons and envy their more petite friends like you.

Anyway, enough with the psychology. You probably have at least a few more inches waiting for you at some point in the next 6-7 years. Try and keep yourself at a healthy weight (not too thin... malnourishment will keep you from reaching your maximum height), and eat a nutritious diet. Skim milk is just fine, in terms of its calcium.

Answer 2

Any kind of milk is good for you...Skim milk just has less fat!

Females grow up until they're in their 20's. I am 25, and I'm 5'9". I'm the tallest out of all my sisters (I have three).

So, fear not...you're still young, and you still have lots of growing left to do!