Is your height strictly related to genetics or can you do anything when you’re young to help it out?
I’m only 5’7″
My dad and his brothers are 6 feet tall. My friends are all 5’10″ and taller and most of their parents are shorter than me?
I say height is strictly genetics but my friends say they became tall because, unlike me, they used to play basketball, soccer, etc. every day when they in their teens. I just used to lounge around.
They all drank their milk and ate their vitamins and I didn’t do that.
Who is right?
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