Your Child’s Height: The Long & Short of it
Prof Fabian Yap
Head and Senior Consultant, Paediatric Endocrinology, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Clinical Associate Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School
A child grows in length from the time of conception and throughout childhood, until final height is reached upon the completion of puberty.
Concerns about shortness, tallness and a child’s height potential are among the most common anxieties parents have about their children.
