Can an eating disorder stunt growth at age 12- 15?

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Can I grow taller at 17 now that I eat and I am very healthy?

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My hypothyroidism wasn't well controlled from when I was diagnosed around age 10 to 14. I didn't grow as much as I was supposed to during that time or afterwards. Then at 17 and up until 19 I had a growth spurt where I grew about 1.5 in. There are many factors that can affect your growth, including genetics,  but I don't think you're absolutely done growing until you hit your late teens. So as long as you continue proper nutrition and a healthy lifestyle, you might see some more growth.

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I wondered the same thing and once I got health I still didn't grow. The only time that you grow after starvation is if it's very sever starvation. And even then the person would never be the height they could have been on a normal diet.

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My daughter became a vegetarian in 3 rd  grade. I didn't give much thought to her shoe size , but noticed that I hadn't bought her s bigger shoe size in a year I chalked it up to her being a small child. But when I went to her pediatrician she said that's wasn't normal. You need the calcium and protein to help with growing so yeah it can am effect your growing

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If you're concerned about your height it may be worth asking your doctor if it's too late for growth hormones.

My growth was stunted as I was diagnosed T1 diabetic at 13 and gave myself an eating disorder with that till I was 16. Wasn't till I was 18-20 a doctor told me I could have had them that I realised it was an option, but for me it was too late :(

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Women stop growing a lot sooner than men thats why we also start developing sooner. As we are growing, our bones are "soft" for lack of a better word, after a certain age, the bones ossify or "harden" which makes growing almost impossible

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Yes an eating disorder can stunt your growth. Once you are done growing you are done.

Can an eating disorder stunt growth at age 12- 15?

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