Hong Kong [email protected]
HealthLink

Expert Medical Knowledge
Sharing trusted health information

Seize The 'Golden Period' Of Children'S Growth In Spring

2026-4-5


During the four seasons, spring is full of vitality and prosperity, and children's growth and development have also entered a critical period. This is mainly due to the sufficient influence of infrared and ultraviolet radiation on children in spring, which accelerates blood circulation in the body and blood in the pituitary gland. Spring is the golden period for children to grow up. Seizing this time and mastering the secrets of growing up can make your baby grow taller than others. Let's take a look at the secrets of children growing taller in spring. What are some tips in life to grow faster?

The first trick is to run and jump freely. In addition to genetic factors, the secretion of growth hormone in the human body is a key factor in growth. Growth hormone is related to exercise, and children who exercise more will correspondingly increase their secretion of growth hormone.

Generally speaking, jumping or stretching exercises are beneficial for joint extension, such as swimming, skipping rope, running, playing basketball, etc., which are all recommended "long body" exercises for children to participate in. On the other hand, sports that are not conducive to growing taller include weight-bearing exercises, as well as high-intensity exercises such as gymnastics and wrestling.

The second trick is to bask in more sunlight. After a cold winter, children's outdoor activities have relatively decreased. In spring, as temperatures rise, parents can take their children for spring outings, bask in the sun, and engage in outdoor activities. In addition to the benefits of exercise itself, sunbathing also helps with the synthesis of vitamin D in the human body, thereby assisting in the absorption of calcium and depositing it on the bones.

Three tips, balanced nutrition

As is well known, nutrient intake is a positive factor for human growth and development. It can be said that growing up is also a result of eating. Regardless of the season, the general principle of children's diet is to have a balanced nutrition.

The diet that assists in growing is primarily focused on calcium, and foods rich in calcium are often preferred to be dairy and soy products. However, just drinking milk and eating soy products every day is still not enough to supplement calcium. What should we do? We also need to eat more green leafy vegetables. Many green leafy vegetables even have a higher calcium content than milk, such as rapeseed sprouts which have a calcium content of 156 milligrams per 100 grams, while ordinary milk has a calcium content of 104 milligrams per 100 grams.

The fourth trick is to get enough sleep. As the saying goes, 'spring drowsiness, autumn weariness, summer drowsiness'. In fact,' spring drowsiness' is also a favorable factor for growing taller. During sleep, the secretion of growth hormone is vigorous, which is naturally beneficial for height growth.

People have different demands for sleep in different age groups. The secretion of growth hormone DD, a hormone that promotes children's height growth, starts one hour after they fall asleep. Its secretion activity is generally most active from 10 pm to 2 am, during which time sleeping has the best effect on height growth. The fifth trick is to maintain a happy mood. Children with particularly high mental and psychological pressure have an inhibitory effect on height. The growth hormone secreted by the pituitary gland is regulated by the hypothalamus, which is the center that controls emotions. Therefore, especially for children who are depressed, anxious, and always unhappy, or children who have been separated from their parents for a long time due to parental divorce, their height is relatively short.

The sixth trick is to drink more milk. Many babies do not like to drink milk because they did not develop a habit of drinking milk when they were young; In addition, some mothers like to give their babies formula milk, believing that formula milk is more nutritious, which can cause babies to feel tasteless when drinking pure milk. So it is recommended that mothers gradually replace some formula milk with pure milk at appropriate times, allowing babies to adapt to the natural milk aroma. It should also be noted to drink less fruit flavored dairy drinks. Although there are also milk components, the milk content is low, the nutritional differences are significant, and the taste is too strong, which can easily damage the baby's taste buds and make them dislike drinking pure milk even more.

The seventh trick, stay away from snacks

Most snacks rely on seasonings and additives to enhance their deliciousness and enticing color, but these not only affect the baby's health, but also guide their taste and eating habits.

Eating too many snacks not only affects a baby's three meals, but also affects their growth and intellectual development due to the various unhealthy ingredients added in snacks. If we never eat it, the baby will gradually lose interest in how delicious it is. In addition, mothers also need to frequently use language to influence their babies, telling them how unhealthy these snacks are, how they can make them less intelligent after eating, and how they can develop worms in their teeth.