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Rise of growth hormone use on children in China alarms health experts
Chinese health experts are raising concerns about the growing interest among parents to use synthetic human growth hormones on their children. Local media outlets cited by The Epoch Times reported that the Beijing Children’s Hospital had almost doubled its endocrinologist consultations since...
How China drugmakers feed on parent anxiety over child's height
Hormone treatment to make kids taller likened by some to cosmetic surgery
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Parents spend big money on growth hormones to increase children’s height
Many Vietnamese parents are taking their children to hospitals and asking doctors to inject their children with the 'most effective and most expensive drugs' to help them obtain the highest possible height.
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[Weekender] Korea’s obsession with tallness
“I’m a 12-year-old girl and 158 centimeters tall. All my best friends are at least 160 centimeters in height. My goal is to eventually reach 180 centimeters. Please advise how I can grow taller.” The anonymous writer of the post on web portal Naver speaks for many others -- children and parents...
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Korean Children Under 'Growing' Pressure
The pressure to be tall in Korea is growing and many Korean parents are turning to medical treatments to boost their children's height. The price of a few extra inches is not a small order. It can cost a family around $21,000.
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Thai And Chinese Middle Class Parents Giving Their Children Growth Hormone?
I can't be the only ones who have noticed what seems to be very oversized school children in Bangkok but particularly China (if you go there sometime). It's a very well known issue in China that height is very important for ones career. The Chinese also consider it 'great success' if their childr...
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[KH explains] Parents turn to growth hormone to give their children an edge
South Korea’s growth hormone deficiency treatment market has seen stunning growth in recent years, particularly with growing interest in children’s height among parents here. “I heard that there are three things that moms in Daechi-dong (Seoul’s infamous private education district) do for their...
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Should parents worry if their child is too short?
Concerned parents in Singapore are opting to boost their children’s height in a number of ways, from hormone injections to an egg a day – some less reliable than others – as Talking Point discovers.
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