Above age 20, Can Height increase?

Height can be a serious and sensitive issue, especially for men. That's because the "demand" of society about the ideal male figure is tall strapping. To get the ideal height, it needs three things are interrelated and support, ie, genetic factors, nutrition, and inactivity.

Willy complains that her height is only 155 cm. "I was signed in the shortest category among my friends. I am often ridiculed 'The Kate' or slim, aka the semester not to," says this medical student.

At the age of 21 years, he still had some hope to add to her height. "I know it's too late, but I want to grow high-five cm longer," he said. Could it be?

Explained by Dr. Wibisono Andito Spot, orthopedic surgeons from the Hospital Bintaro, height influenced genes. "If someone has a good height genes, there would be high. This gene is obtained from the offspring. For example, African nations are generally thin, tall because they have a good height genes," he explained,

Influenced gene
Results of recent research uncovered a gene that determines a person high in short, his name is HMGA2. Changes in a "letter" on the basis of the genetic code of HMGA2, ie, C (cytosine) would be influential.

Someone who only get a C from one parent, 0.5 cm taller than that have only T (Thymin). When you have a C double, will be 1 cm higher than having a double T. Of course there are other genes associated with height. HMGA2 explains only 0.3 percent from a high diversity of human beings.

Some experts claimed, everyone still more likely be higher if a great-grandfather with a high posture. This explains why some children higher than parents. In this condition there is a kind of luck. So high gene was only a "stepping over" the parents of the child, whereas the high-grandson of genes inherited from his grandfather.

Plate "epiphyseal"
Center for human growth, continued Dr Andito, located on the plate epiphyseal plate, located at the end of each long bone. Epiphyseal plate since humans have been born and close the aliases stopped working at age 16 years (women) and 18 (men). "Maximum age of 20-21 years. If this plate is closed, high growth also stopped," he said.

High Growth someone could be disrupted if something happened to the epiphyseal plate. Injury, trauma resulting from accidents, diseases of bone cancer can damage the work of this disc.

This plate does not work alone. "Growth hormone and many other hormones involved to determine their performance," he said. To support these hormones work needed adequate nutrition.

According to Dr Andito, the Japanese people once known short-or dwarf. Now they are the same height with the average Indonesian. "That's because there are nutritional improvement from generation to generation," he said.

To become upward, the body needs all the substances and minerals found in food. "Healthy Eating four or five perfectly balanced diet is enough. So, not only food that contains calcium and through.'ll Bones strong, but other parts of the body lacks essential nutrients," he said.

There was no standard size
Everyday activities-also play a role in the affairs of height. Activities that can stimulate epiphyseal plate work, such as athletics, basketball, swimming, and jumping rope. "Sports is supposed to do in its infancy. If done after the growth period, so in vain," he said.

These three factors were interrelated. "If you have a high gene but not supported nutrition and exercise, can become stagnant and growth was not optimal," he added.
Regarding the high standard one, according to Dr Andito, there is no standard size. "For Indonesia, height 170 cm is considered adequate, even for Europeans considered not high enough. So depending on the height of standardization found this community," he said.