Does it have to do with playing basketball? It can't be genetics because their parents can't all be 7 feet or taller and many people in China are shorter than the average height, whereas Yao MIng and many other centers are about a foot taller than the average nba player.
2007-03-16 05:46:12 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Basketball
Yao Ming is genetically tall, as evidenced by his normally proportioned body. He does not have pituitary gigantism and acromegaly, a condition afflicting his fellow countryman and basketball hopeful Sun Ming Ming. I'm sure he also had a much healthier diet than most basketball players simply because he is Asian and they typically eat a lot of vegetables and fish (I'm not being stereotypical--he said that's what he eats, and it is a cultural fact). Both of his parents played basketball for the Chinese and are well over 6 feet tall. If you follow the link and click on PHOTO GALLERY, it shows pictures of him with his parents.
2007-03-16 07:10:37 · answer #1 · answered by smeiou78 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
This Site Might Help You.
RE:
How did players like yao ming grow so tall?
Does it have to do with playing basketball? It can't be genetics because their parents can't all be 7 feet or taller and many people in China are shorter than the average height, whereas Yao MIng and many other centers are about a foot taller than the average nba player.
2015-08-09 03:29:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, Yao Ming is just a freak of nature. Anybody over 6'5" is a freak of nature really, since the human body isn't exactly built for that and anyone in such a height range is basically a giraffe, unless they drink a nice gallon of milk every day. Either way, most of it is caused by disorders such as overproduction of hormones by the pituitary gland. A lot of Asians are short, that's for sure. But that's because there's a lot of Asians. The bell curve shows up in the same way as any other race eventually.
2016-03-18 07:25:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeh yao mings parents are so tall
they are like 6'5" both of them
its just in their genes
to help you grow you just sleep a lot and drink lots of milk
hehe
2007-03-16 05:53:33 · answer #4 · answered by tyler 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
1
2017-02-27 19:40:41 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, its genetics. You can have short parents and still be tall. Just like you can have parents with blue eyes and have brown eyes.
2007-03-16 17:19:21 · answer #6 · answered by hyunATL 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well its just in their genes. Their parents, grandparents ect...
were probably tall. I've also heard that u can have some kind of surgery that will make u taller. They put extensions in your legs or something.
2007-03-16 05:52:31 · answer #7 · answered by COLTS_MUSTANG_FAN_2008 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Yao is a unique case. He has a genetic defect that makes him abnormally tall, its also killing him.
2007-03-16 05:54:14 · answer #8 · answered by Sane 6 · 2⤊ 7⤋
its actually fried chicken and a special gene called "howdaphuckamisupposedtoknowbihatch"
2007-03-16 06:38:53 · answer #9 · answered by Jive 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
because they eat green vegetables every morning and healthy food not junk food.
2007-03-16 05:54:39 · answer #10 · answered by hesham t 1 · 3⤊ 2⤋