| The human height calculator formula is a good idea - in | | | | But there is also an innumerable amount of other |
| theory. But that is where it stops short. The human | | | | variables - including environmental, health, and nutritional |
| height calculator asks for you to input criteria relating to | | | | variables - to even begin to think that these human |
| the parents and grandparents of the person whose | | | | height calculator estimations can be even close to |
| potential height you are trying to estimate. | | | | correct. |
| For example, if you were a parent that wanted to | | | | If the child suffers from any major illness in his or her |
| know how tall your young son or daughter would | | | | lifetime - particularly if that illness strikes during his or |
| become, you would input the following criteria: | | | | her peak growing years - then it can have a very |
| First you would enter your child's father's height, your | | | | large impact on his or her height. Nutrition plays a huge |
| child's mother's height, and finally all of the child's | | | | role in how tall a child will go as well. Is the child obese |
| grandparents' heights. You would then add all of these | | | | or underweight? Is the child active in sports and |
| heights together and divide by 6. Then, if the child is a | | | | exercise? Is the child subject to mental or |
| female you would add an inch or maybe two inches to | | | | psychological issues? |
| that height to come up with the total estimated height. | | | | We all want the best for our children and everyone |
| If the child is male, you would add an inch or two more. | | | | wants their child to go through life not suffering from |
| The variations in the total amount of inches added to | | | | any one of the above tragedies or any kind of |
| the child's potential height based on gender depends on | | | | hardship at all. However, to realistically think that no |
| what human height calculator you're using at the time. | | | | outside, environmental variable will ever affect their |
| While on the surface, this may seem like a perfectly | | | | height is downright foolhardy at best and can be |
| legitimate way to estimate height, it is flawed by its | | | | detrimental to the child's overall height development at |
| simplicity. | | | | worst. |
| Height is based largely on genetics, this is certainly true. | | | | |