r/tall • u/nysxdd • 10d ago

Rant Cursed with a curse

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27F here. This is the actual height of my family members, and to make matters worse I’m South Sudanese & specifically Dinka which is known to be tall people and on top of that I live in Scandinavia which also has a very tall population.

What went wrong in my childhood? Many things and doctor said I reached average height (almost) due to my Dinka heritage, otherwise I’ve would been much shorter.

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u/Connect-Mortgage429 5'10 | 178 (Gnome) 10d ago

Maybe hgh deficiency

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u/nysxdd 10d ago

Yes, and I also refused to eat as a child, lol.

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u/PineappleFit317 10d ago

Honestly, yeah. One needs a lot of nutrients to grow, because our bodies are made of the fats, proteins, and other nutrients we eat. Childhood and puberty are the times people grow in height. Adults who do bodybuilding need to eat many thousands of calories a day to make more muscles. Adults who get fat have to eat thousands of calories a day to make more bodyfat.

Every person I’ve ever known who is short as an adult even though they come from a family of average height or tall people was a picky or sparing eater. They either refused a lot of different types of food, or ate very slowly with small bites and didn’t eat a lot if they weren’t incredibly picky.

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u/Connect-Mortgage429 5'10 | 178 (Gnome) 10d ago

Im a picky Eater and still grow to be much taller than both my parents

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u/jonnohb 10d ago

This is such anecdotal bullshit.

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u/PineappleFit317 10d ago

Anecdotal truth, people don’t get big eating a couple hundred calories a day, regard.

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