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How can a 16 year old grow taller?
Get enough sleep. Eat plenty of nutritious food. Get enough protein, but not too much. Focus on calcium and vitamin D.
How tall can I grow at 17?
Yes, you can definitely still grow between 1.5 and 2.4 cm taller at 17 years old according to the CDC boys stature-for-age percentile chart. Boys tend to continue to grow well past 18 or 19.
How tall should I be at 17?
For American men 20 years old and up, the average age-adjusted height is 69.1 inches (175.4 cm), or just over 5 feet 9 inches tall….Height by age.
| Age (years) | 50th percentile height for boys (inches and centimeters) |
|---|---|
| 15 | 66.9 in. (170 cm) |
| 16 | 68.3 in. (173.5 cm) |
| 17 | 69.1 in. (175.5 cm) |
| 18 | 69.3 in. (176 cm) |
How tall is 171 cm in feet and inches?
171 cm is about 5’7″ Which amounts to 5 feet and 7 inches . In one inch, there are 2.540 centimeters. In one meter, there are 3.281 feet.
How do you calculate the average height of a child?
One of them is adding 2.5 inches (7.6 cm) to the average of the parent’s height for a boy and subtracting 2.5 inches (7.6 cm) for a girl. The second calculator above is based on this method. Another simple method is to double the height achieved by the child by age 2 for a boy, or age 18 months for girl.
How accurate is the height prediction calculator?
For girls, the median absolute error of height prediction calculation using the multiplier method ranges from 0.68 to 4.38 cm until age 12 years, with increasing accuracy after that. The 90\% AEP ranged from 1.5 to 10.6 cm, varying from 8 to 10.6 cm until age 13 years, and increasing in accuracy after that.
Do I need to enter my weight or my parent’s height?
Unlike other mature height calculators, ours does not require you to enter your weight, or your parent’s heights and is just as accurate if not more accurate (see below). So, to estimate how tall a child will be, first, select their biological sex (gender).