A new analysis of Child Measurement Programme data from England, Scotland, and Wales challenges recent reports suggesting children in Britain are getting shorter. The analysis, conducted by researchers at the University of Oxford, reveals that average child height has increased over the past two decades. But these gains are not related to improved child health, the researchers
Body-fat caused hormonal imbalances (mentioned in the article).
This also includes estrogen and testosterone, linking it to precocious (early) puberty.
And it doesn’t exactly cause tallness, but often quite the opposite (as you already mentioned): Affected persons typically are shorter than the norm once grown up.
It just triggers growth at an earlier point in life, so the children are taller on average at a certain fixed age.
Body-fat caused hormonal imbalances (mentioned in the article).
This also includes estrogen and testosterone, linking it to precocious (early) puberty.
And it doesn’t exactly cause tallness, but often quite the opposite (as you already mentioned): Affected persons typically are shorter than the norm once grown up.
It just triggers growth at an earlier point in life, so the children are taller on average at a certain fixed age.