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Three Ways to Predict Your Children's Adult Height
Simple Formula to Calculate Kids' Adult
Height
A simple Formula which bases its numbers on the point that children will grow up to reach a height somewhere between both their parent's height. This calculator adds both parents heights together (in inches), divides this number by 2, and then either adds
2.5 inches if a boy or subtracts 2.5 inches if a girl.
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For Girls: (Farther's Height in inches+Monther's
Height in inches-2.5)/2 For Boys: (Farther's Height in inches+Monther's Height
in inches+2.5)/2
Growth Charts for Predicting Your Kids' Height
Percentiles are the most commonly used clinical indicator to assess the size and growth patterns of individual children in the United States.
Percentiles rank the position of an individual by indicating what percent of the reference population the individual would equal or exceed.
Found where your child is on the graph, you can follow the
curves forward as a prediction of height in the future.
The Khamis-Roche Method
This method uses both parents' heights and the child's current age, weight and height to come up with an estimate. The method you are about to use was developed by Drs. Harry Khamis and Alex Roche working at Wright State University and published in Pediatrics , the official publication of The American Academy of Pediatrics in 1994. These researchers developed a method that eliminated the need for a bone age x-ray. The "Khamis-Roche Method" is fairly accurate (within an inch and a half of actual growth) but is only reliable in children who have no other known medical problems.
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