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Many teenagers will start to be interested in the opposite sex due to hormone secretion in their bodies. At this time, some teenage boys will be infected by sexual knowledge and thus start masturbation. The practice of masturbation has certain benefits for men. Occasional masturbation can promote the renewal of semen and avoid the phenomenon of ejaculation. However, excessive masturbation will affect the physical and mental health of teenagers and will also cause teenagers to grow short.

Generally speaking, there is no clear connection or any relationship between masturbation and physical growth and development, because most people will occasionally masturbate after they reach sexual maturity during puberty, and a small number of people may maintain this habit for a long time. In this case, it is just a release of sexual impulse, and it has no effect on our physical development and height growth.

We can see that many teenagers who have masturbated have normal physical growth and development and sexual function. It’s just that a small number of people excessively pursue this kind of sexual stimulation or masturbate too frequently, which may have some impact on our sexual function.

The factors that affect a child's growth include: nutrition, sleep, sufficient jumping, sufficient calcium, emotional fluctuations, and precocious puberty.

Influencing factor 1: Six essential nutrients

Song Yu, director of Shenyang Health Education Center, said that the most important nutrients for adolescents during their growth and development period are protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins, water and inorganic salts (minerals), as well as many non-essential nutrients.

"For the human body to grow, cells need to divide, and the seven major nutrients are indispensable." Song Yu said that these nutrients can be obtained directly from food.

Mothers should not only pay attention to giving their children enough supplements, but also to ensure balanced supplements. It is also important to know when to start supplementing. Song Yu believes that generally speaking, 6 to 14 years old is an important stage of growth and development for adolescents, and attention should be paid to children's nutrition from the age of 6. Seasons also play an auxiliary role in nutritional supplements. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that spring is the season for all things to revive, so spring and summer are also important seasons for children to supplement nutrition.

Influencing factor 2: Get enough sleep

In recent years, many researchers have stated that children's lack of sleep will directly lead to their short stature.

In recent years, a large number of investigations and studies have confirmed that the amount of growth hormone secreted by short children is much lower than that of normal children, and a considerable number of children do not get enough sleep at night. Since children secrete more growth hormone during sleep from childhood to pre-adolescence, the amount of growth hormone secreted from 9 pm to 9 am the next day is three times that of the 12 hours during the day, especially 70 minutes after falling asleep at 9 pm, there is a peak in secretion.

Song Yu said that the sleep time at night is the time when the human body secretes growth hormone. The growth hormone secreted by the pituitary gland is an important hormone that stimulates children's growth.

Influencing factor 3: Multi-sports exercise is better for jumping exercises

What kind of sports are more suitable for teenagers? Song Yu said that from the perspective of height alone, the following principle should be followed: choose sports that create vertical pressure, such as jumping, rather than sports that create pressure.

Rope skipping, running, basketball, volleyball, dancing, pull-ups, etc. are all sports that involve jumping upward and stretching outwards. However, weightlifting, dumbbells, etc. are all sports that put pressure inwards and easily cause joint compression, which is not conducive to the stretching and development of bones.

However, Song Yu also reminded that although exercise is good, it should not be excessive. You should warm up thoroughly before exercise to avoid sports injuries.

Influencing factor 4: Supplementing calcium and getting enough sun is important for growing bones

Song Yu believes that calcium supplementation, like nutritional supplementation, is determined by age and season. Spring and summer between the ages of 6 and 14 are good times to supplement calcium.

If the child is not obviously calcium deficient, calcium can be obtained from food, such as soybeans, milk, fish, etc., which are rich in calcium. If the child is found to be calcium deficient, not only dietary supplements are needed, but also a certain amount of calcium supplements are necessary, such as calcium tablets. Children who need calcium supplements can consume liquid calcium to supplement faster. In addition to calcium supplements, vitamin D should also be supplemented, which promotes calcium absorption.

There is a large amount of natural calcium in the sun, so in the spring and summer when the sun is abundant, take your children to participate in more outdoor activities.

Influencing factor 5: Pay attention to your child’s emotions and don’t let emotional disorders affect your child’s height

"Parents should pay special attention to their children's bowel movements. If the bowel movements are not smooth, it will not only affect their mood, but they will also be unable to eat due to a bloated stomach." Song Yu pointed out that emotional stability, from a comprehensive perspective, also plays a role in affecting height.

Similarly, some experts have found that emotional disorders can also affect height. If a child grows up in an environment lacking family warmth and does not receive sufficient maternal love, his height is often shorter than other children of the same age. Foreign countries call this type of short stature "emotional blockage dwarfism", and some data call it "love blockage syndrome".

The main cause of emotionally shielded dwarfism is that the hypothalamus and pituitary system functions are inhibited by emotions, which in turn causes a decrease in the secretion of growth hormones from the pituitary gland. In addition to being short, such children also have abnormal behaviors such as delayed intellectual development, excessive drinking and eating, monologues, hyperactivity, and inharmonious interpersonal relationships. Children with emotional shielding generally have restless sleep and lack a sense of security. Sometimes they wake up in their dreams by shouting or crying, etc. These situations will affect the quality of sleep.

Influencing factor 6: Precocious puberty affects height development

Parents should detect early onset of sexual precocity in their children and take them to regular hospitals for specialist treatment. As living standards improve, the development age of urban children is getting earlier and earlier. If the bone age is too advanced, it will affect the child's final height, so parents should pay attention.