Healthy Children, Caring for Growth
Hainan Chengmei Hospital Pediatric Healthcare Clinic
“Children’s Day” Free Clinic Event. Is your child not tall enough? Worried about early puberty? What to do if your child is overweight?...
These key indicators of child growth and development constantly weigh on parents’ minds.
To celebrate the upcoming “June 1st Children’s Day”, Hainan Chengmei Hospital Pediatric Healthcare Clinic has prepared a “special growth gift” for children—a growth and development free clinic event!
During the event, Hainan Chengmei Hospital’s professional pediatric healthcare team will provide precise “measurements” for children, unlocking their “growth worries.”
1. Free Clinic Time
From May 24, 2025 to June 4, 2025
2. Free Clinic Location
Chengmei Hospital, 2nd Floor, Pediatric Healthcare Clinic
3. Event Content
1) Free height and weight measurements;
2) Free bone age testing to understand remaining growth potential and predict growth trajectory (limited to 20 children per day);
3) Free professional growth and development evaluation to help parents clearly understand their child’s current height level and how to manage it scientifically for optimal growth;
4) Professional growth and development guidance;
4. Target Participants
1) Children significantly shorter than peers (half a head shorter);
2) Annual growth rate below 5 cm/year;
3) Parents with shorter stature;
4) Children with a stockier build than peers (prone to early puberty);
5) Children consistently seated in the first three rows of the class and showing slow growth over the past year;
6) Children with early or delayed development.
5. Registration Method
Scan the QR code below to register.
Consultation Phone Number: 18689961127 (Teacher Zhong)
1. Five Major Misconceptions About Height
Many parents hold misconceptions about height, believing that although a child is short now, their parents did in their childhood,
they will naturally grow taller later. Some even cling to the myth that “growth spurts happen at 23,” leading to wasted opportunities and lifelong regrets due to misplaced expectations.
2. Scientific Methods for Height Management
A child’s growth is a continuous, dynamic process. At every stage, parents should remain attentive and not let their guard down. Height is determined by genetic factors (about 70%) and environmental factors (about 30%). Genetics only sets the potential growth range, but whether this potential is fully realized depends on various environmental influences.
During a child’s growth period, scientific height management can stimulate growth hormone secretion and improve height, maximizing the 30% non-genetic factors affecting growth.
Dietary Adjustments
For three daily meals, parents should ensure 500ml of milk, 1 egg, and 50g of meat while incorporating foods rich in protein, calcium, zinc, and vitamin A. Correcting picky eating habits can help children grow taller.
Reasonable Exercise
The benefits of exercise for height growth are undeniable. Proper exercise accelerates blood circulation and promotes bone growth. Aim for at least 1 hour of moderate-to-high-intensity exercise daily, focusing on vertical jumping activities like reaching high, skipping rope, playing ball, or running.
Adequate Sleep
9 PM and 11 PM is the peak secretion of growth hormone occurrence during which children should be in deep sleep. School-aged children need 9-11 hours of sleep. Since growth hormone is primarily secreted during deep sleep, chronic sleep deprivation negatively impacts height.
Positive Emotions
Parental love works like magic, triggering and enhancing growth hormone secretion in children. Parents should communicate more with their children, help them recognize and manage emotions, and create a happy, relaxed family environment for optimal growth.
3. Is Bone Age Testing a Scam?
In this era of “height anxiety,” every parent wants their child to stand taller than others. Debates about bone age testing persist—some see it as the “golden key” to scientific height management, while others question whether it’s just another marketing gimmick.
In reality, bone age testing is not a “scam”! As the gold standard for assessing child growth and development, bone age accurately reflects skeletal maturity. Like tree rings, bone development reveals far more than chronological age.
Generally, a childs bone age aligns closely with their actual age; year increases one with bone age increasing one. However, due to illness or other factors, discrepancies may occur. For example, while age increases by 1 year, bone age may only increase by 0.5 years or even 2 years, creating a bone age gap.
Vice President of Hainan Chengmei Hospital and pediatric healthcare expert, professor Yang Shufen, reminds parents: Bone age testing is like a “growth weather forecast” for children, precisely predicting remaining growth potential. During the growth period, children should undergo bone age testing 1-2 times annually, with height and weight measurements every three months. Early detection of growth deviations allows timely intervention, preventing missed opportunities.
Introduction to Free Clinic Experts
Dr. Yang Shufen, Vice President
Chief Physician, Professor
Postgraduate Tutor, and Child Health Care Expert
Medical Specialties
With over 30 years of experience in child health care, Dr. Yang is proficient in pediatric nutrition and feeding guidance, growth and development monitoring and evaluation, and particularly in height management for children.
Academic Positions
Member of the 7th and 8th sessions of the Chinese Pediatric Society, Chinese Medical Association
Member of the 3rd and 4th sessions of the Pediatric Physicians Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association
Standing Committee Member of the Child Health Care Branch of the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association
Member of the Child Nutrition Committee of the Chinese Association for Improvingbirth Outcome and Child Development
Standing Committee Member of the Child Health and Disease Committee of the Chinese Maternal and Child Health Association
Member of the Ethics Committee of the China Anti-Cancer Association
Former Director of the Child Health Care Committee of the HLJ Medical Doctor Association
Former Director of the Child Health Care Branch of the Heilongjiang Provincial Preventive Medicine Association
Dr. Xian Yushuming, Chief Physician
Postdoctoral Fellow, and Pediatric Internal Medicine Expert
Medical Specialties
As a senior visiting scholar at the Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Dr. Xian is well-versed in domestic and international child health care guidelines and excels in pediatric health monitoring and evaluation, disease prevention and health management, and family health education.
Editor | Huang Fei