As a parent, is there anything you can do to help your child grow to a greater height? According to an article that appeared in a national publication, historians who study the history of human height maintain that nutrition has a great deal to do with heights we achieve. The article explained that “we achieve our stature (height) in three spurts: the first in infancy, the second between the ages of six and eight, and the last in adolescence. Any decent diet can send us sprouting at these ages, but take away any one of 45 or 50 essential nutrients and the body stops growing.” Based on the research, tall NBA athletes must be coming from homes where they have been well-fed and well-nourished, in many instances by a caring mother or grandmother. In addition, they are often blessed with tall parents or grandparents.