one of my friends is 13 and 180cm tall.

[dibil]

soo, i remember in bioligy in school we learned that being tall isnt really good, but more bad because of more fragile legs and your heart has to pump blood to your brain, and the taller you are the stronger and bigger your heart needs to be to be able to pump that blood up to your brain due to a longer distance. and yeah, if your heart isnt strong enough your brain wont get blood and you will turn braindead and all that.
my friend says hes growing wayy too fast and hes scared that this might happen. hes 13 years old and already 180cm. could what was mentioned above happen to him?
(please dont judge me if this question sounds stupid, i know nothing about heights and stuff and biology)

[Jinn-Gon Qui]

Just look at some of the tallest wrestlers in history, like Andre the Giant and Giant Gonzales. The Big Khali doesn't look too good either.

[ʙᴜɴ.ᴇ]

he could just be an early bloomer.

I bet his height evens out when hes older and others have grown too.

[dibil]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από 💕 𝓑𝓾𝓷 💕:

he could just be an early bloomer.

I bet his height evens out when hes older and others have grown too.

sure he could, but he told me hes been growing wayy too fast in a short time, he told me last year he grew 16cm, is that much per year?

[Devious]

I knew a kid who was around 180cm when we were 12, and now that we're grown adults we're pretty much the same height. Not everyone experiences body growth or puberty at the same age.

180cm-190cm isn't at all unhealthy. However, if he does continue growing during adolescence he might have a condition known as gigantism.

But even that's not necessarily a disease; some basketball players are technically giants, and they are still healthy enough to be world-class athletes. It mostly depends on how different sections of the body grow in relative to each other.

[King Narwhal]

I'm ~167cm, kinda short.

Kinda sucks knowning how much taller everyone is than you.

[Jinn-Gon Qui]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Captain Narwhal:

I'm ~167cm, kinda short.

Kinda sucks knowning how much taller everyone is than you.

THE PAIN

[Cassidy]

That's not as surprising, considering you live in Germany. Germans and the Dutch are well-known for their above-average median height. I wouldn't worry about it unless he's getting close to 2 meters.

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180 cm isn’t that tall though.

[Naedmi]

Convert 180cm to Freedom units for me then we'll talk.

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Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Laughing Wrecker:

Convert 180cm to Freedom units for me then we'll talk.

That’s about 1.3 on the Freedom scale.

[Naedmi]

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Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Laughing Wrecker:

Convert 180cm to Freedom units for me then we'll talk.

That’s about 1.3 on the Freedom scale.

Jesus Christ! What does that boy eat on a daily basis?!

[King Narwhal]

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Convert 180cm to Freedom units for me then we'll talk.

5'11" = 180cm

Give or take, anyways. I'm still shorter tho.

[Tev]

I'm at 185cm at 25 years of age, and I'm definitely not brain dead.

Problem solved?

[Jinn-Gon Qui]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Teutep:

I'm at 185cm at 25 years of age, and I'm definitely not brain dead.

Problem solved?

No, because you've already stopped developing and reached your height peak.

We're talking about a 13 year old that is almost 6' tall. What was your height when you were 13?

[Tev]

I'd be lying if I said I remember, but growth spurts only last until 16 by average. I've always been fairly tall, so it probably wasn't much off the mark even at the age of 13.