Stress in early childhood can lead to shorter height

[Midwestcel]

Stressful childhoods lead to shorter adult height, but via different pathways for boys and girls – Atlas of Science

As children grow into adults, they face compromises between prolonging growth, and reaching milestones such as puberty and the start of reproduction. They respond to cues in their environment in order to choose the best compromise.

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We suspect that the stress raises levels of cortisol and other stress hormones which restricts testosterone production which is essential for male pubertal development. Stress, for both boys and girls, also inhibits growth.

Stress in early childhood - Wikipedia

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Childhood family disruption and adult height: is there a mediating role of puberty?

Background and objectives: Childhood family background is known to be associated with child growth and development, including the onset of puberty, but less is known about the influence of childhood family disruption on outcomes in later life. Given the ...

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Early childhood familial disruption is associated with shorter height for men, and is partially mediated by later puberty. For women, the relationship between father’s death, and height was completely mediated by earlier puberty. These findings indicate that disruption during childhood can have long-reaching health repercussions, particularly for boys.

https://academic.oup.com/jn/article/132/12/3674/4712109

Coming Up Short

Extreme anxiety may actually stunt children's growth.

www.psychologytoday.com

And anecdotal observations suggest that anxious, undersized kids who are being treated with growth hormone often see an improvement in both their emotional and physical conditions.

 

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If everything was done right I wonder if I would of grown another 2-3 inches

 

[Perseus]

My childhood was comically horrific, i remember doctors asking my mom if i was anemic once. It was pretty much constant stress and misery and disease. I grew up very early to like 5'7 and never grew further in fact i feel i have shrinked now at 30. I got my cortisol levels tested once and they were multiple times the normal ones but no one did anything lol. At least at some point i will die and will be free of all this shit.