Could growth hormones theoretically be administered to any infant of normal height to make them taller than average? Why or why not?

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Could growth hormones theoretically be administered to any infant of normal height to make them taller than average? Why or why not?

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Nope, that’s not how it works.

Growth hormones cause things to grow faster, not larger. Your genes encode parameters that mostly set your maximum height. You have to get enough food and exercise to achieve that, and growing faster makes it even harder to meet the nutrition and exercise parameters.

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