Many parents are concerned about weight performance and growth of the child. No wonder they are paying so much attention to this issue. After all, these indicators may indicate pathology in the body. What are the rules of height and weight of adolescent child? What affects these figures? Read on Kolobok.ua.
Why is it important to monitor the performance of height and weight of a teenager? After adolescence - a time when you can adjust medications growth. What factors affect the growth and weight of adolescent child?
Features of growth and weight teens
The active phase of the adolescent growth begins when he come into puberty. In girls, it occurs in about 10-12 years old, the boys begin to actively grow from 12-14 years. At the same time, or shortly before, many children are gaining weight, it's alarming parents. Then the children are stretched in height and their weight becomes normal. Or there is an abrupt weight gain, according to the scheme: first, the weight, then increase the weight - height, etc. Perhaps the situation is different: the child simply grows and does not have time to gain muscle mass. The active phase of growth in girls ends in 16-18 years, and the guys - for 18-20 years.
Which affects the growth of a teenager?
- heredity - increase the child's parents;
- features of puberty, if the child started puberty earlier than their peers, they can stay ahead of the average growth rate, if later - the lag; normal adolescent then catch up with their peers;
- hormonal disorders that affect the production of growth hormone, if you suspect that a child lags behind in growth, it is better to address to the endocrinologist;
- chronic disease - anemia, cystic fibrosis, rheumatoid arthritis, pyelonephritis, etc.;
- complications of the mother's pregnancy, infection of the baby during pregnancy, bad habits mother during pregnancy;
- poor nutrition teenager;
- bad psychological atmosphere - scandals, beating, etc.;
- genetic diseases - Turner syndrome, Marfan's, Down syndrome and other diseases.
What affects the weight of a teenager?
As we have mentioned above, the children in different ways to gain weight during puberty, so some deviations from the norm can be. In addition, the weight of a teenager influenced by:
- genetic predisposition (to completeness or thinness);
- poor nutrition: too many carbohydrates, fast food, irregular meals, diet;
- lack of physical activity;
- hormonal disorders;
- some diseases, which are accompanied by obesity or underweight;
- diseases of the gastrointestinal tract - gastritis, enterocolitis, and others;
- bad habits;
- psycho-emotional state is unstable, which leads to the emergence of anorexia and bulimia.
In the period of active growth and puberty teenager should have as much useful food, eat regularly, reduce the use of harmful food, exercise.
growth and weight table teen boys
growth tables and weight teenage girls
If the child has severe abnormalities in weight or height, it is best to consult a specialist. In adolescence, height and weight is much easier to adjust than when the body stops growing.
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