NOSSA is outraged by the number of bogus grow-taller products and services currently being peddled on the internet and elsewhere. One endocrinologist, upon reading the list of ingredients listed on a bottle of grow-taller supplement stated, "There's actually nothing in here that would promote growth. Just some vitamins, amino acids and minerals. Pretty equivalent to any supplement that's out there and a good meal." The other services such as stretching and even meditation exercises we feel are absolutely ridiculous and will not cause any lasting or appreciable height increase. Children grow at a steady rate for the first 10 to 12 years of their lives, then experience a growth spurt for the next two years. After this, their growth rate slows until it stops at the end of puberty. This usually happens around age 18 for girls and age 20 for boys.The final stages of this growth occurs in the Epiphysis, or growth plates, at the end of the long bones (arms and legs). Before puberty, the Epiphysis are soft and bone can be added to them. During puberty they begin to solidify. Medical experts agree that once the Epiphysis have fused, further growth is not possible. Companies that sell Height Increasing products promise to turn around the process but there is no medical basis for their claims.
