I am 15 and about 5ft 1, will i grow. if not then why not?
2007-07-04 23:28:59 · 13 answers · asked by (*^-Shorteh-^*) 1 in Health ➔ Women's Health
Growth stops anywhere between 14 and 20 years. Your potential height was programmed in to you at conception. Disease,injury,malnutrition and toxins can reduce that potential. Nothing can however increase it.
2007-07-05 00:00:04 · answer #1 · answered by Dr Frank 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe.
Before you were born I was a freshman in high school. A boy I knew told me he went to the doc and the doc told him, based on the size of his hand bones, that he would be over six feet tall. He was shorter than I at the time (I was about 5'4").
By graduation I was 5'6" and he was about the same. By our 5 year reunion he was 6'2".
If you don't grow, and you may not, then so what? Most girls I know go for taller guys and most guys I know go for shorter girls. You have a huge advantage. I have to consider whether I'll be taller than him in those shoes. You won't.
If you are concerned about height do eat healthy. You need food to grow. You need lots of calcium and protein to make the extra bones and muscles to become taller.
Do not drink caffeine. No Coke, Pepsi, energy drinks, coffee, or tea that has caffeine. Caffeine is a major growth inhibitor.
You stop growing (except for muscle and fat) in your twenties. There is no one specfic age. You may stop sooner or later than others. Based on your hand and/or feet bones a good doc may be able to make predictions but those predictions are not written in stone.
2007-07-05 00:14:15 · answer #2 · answered by ophelliaz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im 20 now but when I was 16 I was only 5ft then I shot up, people are different it all depends, I wouldn't worry hun, you still have plenty time to grow.
For the time being though just remember, good things come in small bundles :-)
2007-07-04 23:54:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you male or female? If you are a girl, then probably not, as your growth spurt started at puberty which is younger than boys (we grow up quicker, of course!!) and if you are male, then your growth spurt will start soon and continue till you are approx 18 years.
Make the most of what you have, don't spend your time worrying over what you can't change
Good luck!
2007-07-04 23:33:00 · answer #4 · answered by essdee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was about yr height at 15 and then shot up another 10 inches by the time i was 19.. so it is possible .
2007-07-04 23:34:29 · answer #5 · answered by Tiger01204 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends, has the voice broken yet? getting whiskers? if not then you are likely to get a growth spurt when they do, your hormones will kick in and it will all go haywire, if you are a girl, then you could still grow a bit more, look at your parents or grandparents, you will probably be roughly the same height as them..
2007-07-05 09:32:41 · answer #6 · answered by magpyre 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are male it is likely that you will grow more and it could be quite a lot - if you are a female you are probably just about the height you will stay.
2007-07-05 00:23:03 · answer #7 · answered by LillyB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You dont stop growing till your 21.
Im 18 and stopped growing and im 5'2 but love it! Small Gurls rock!
at at least you know most blokes will be taller than us (it looks stoopid when blokes are smaller bless!! lol)
2007-07-04 23:35:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends, ur only 15 so u'v still got lost of time to grow!!! its all genetic so look at ur perents and any siblings and how tall they are, that will give u an idea, and keep eating ur greens! ;] but dont worrie about it! good things come in small pacages! i have friends who are small and it doesnt matter! doesnt change a thing!! x
2007-07-04 23:37:44 · answer #9 · answered by dancin chick 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not use the height insoles? thats what I do and my mates.
I'm 17 and since 15 i have hardly grown at all.
I got the height insoles, think the website I got them from was called dongfang.co.uk
2007-07-08 05:45:52 · answer #10 · answered by hedaman353 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋