Your child's height,
are you worried?
With the right care,
they can still grow taller
187 Growth Clinic finds why each child isn't growing, and supports them with personalized care.
Does my child need a growth check?
If any of these apply, consider a check
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Visibly shorter than peers
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Slow growth in the past 12 months
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Sudden shift in growth velocity
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10 cm or more below average height
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Posture or body imbalance present
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Possible hormonal irregularity
The golden window for growth treatment
When should you check height growth?
How well growth treatment works depends on the state of the growth plates and the pace of puberty. An assessment can be done independently of treatment — if the growth pace concerns you, it's worth checking the current status first.
Integrated growth care
Growth care goes beyond growth hormone
We manage growth from every angle
187 Growth Clinic manages not only growth hormone but also sex hormones, sleep, thyroid, stress, weight, posture, and many more factors. We identify what is holding back your child's growth and design a personal growth plan.
Find the growth-care path
that fits your child
Every child is held back by different factors. Pick the case below that matches your child to see the care direction you may need.
01 / Obesity-driven growth care
Does weight gain mean more height?
Obesity-driven growth calls for a different approach
Childhood obesity is more than a weight issue — it can affect sex-hormone secretion and the pace of puberty. Weight, growth velocity, and lifestyle habits should be reviewed together.
Body fat in growing children
doesn't always turn into height
Excess body fat can interfere with growth-hormone action and puberty progression. Weight management during growth is not a diet — it is about building a healthy environment for growth.
Childhood obesity
is different from adult obesity
During growth, both the size and the number of fat cells — along with the metabolic environment — can change. That is why early management matters.
Why does it need attention?
Adult obesity
Metabolic health
Growth interference
Emotional impact
The causes of childhood obesity — checked together
Energy imbalance
Genetic factors
Endocrine factors
Lifestyle factors
Lifestyle habits to ease
childhood obesity
We balance both weight and growth by considering the nutrition and activity a growing child needs.
Balanced meals
Manage screen time
Daily movement
Regular sleep
02 / Early puberty care
When puberty starts early,
growth-plate pace also needs a check
Precocious puberty refers to secondary sex traits appearing before age 8 in girls and age 9 in boys. Faster puberty can also accelerate growth-plate changes, so checking the current status matters.
How early puberty affects height growth
When sex hormones are released early, height may briefly seem to grow fast. But growth-plate changes accelerate afterwards, which can affect the final adult height.
Care for early puberty looks at
puberty pace and growth velocity together
Treating precocious puberty is not just about sex hormones — it requires reviewing growth velocity, growth-plate status, sleep, nutrition, and weight together.
Causes of early puberty — checked together
ovaries, or testes
high-fat diet
sex-hormone activity
endocrine disruptors
(gaming, TV)
lifestyle stress
03 / Body-proportion care
As important as height —
balanced body proportions
Beyond height, body proportion, posture, and lower-body balance shape a child's overall impression and confidence. Looking at proportion alongside height matters during growth.
Early puberty and
changes in body proportion
When puberty starts and how fast growth happens both shape the upper- and lower-body balance. Reviewing growth-plate status and pubertal stage helps manage proportion alongside height.
When puberty begins and how growth unfolds can shape final body proportions.
04 / Posture & development care
Posture and body shape also affect
the growth environment
Poor posture, muscle and fascial tension, and spine or pelvic imbalance can throw off a child's body balance. We review both body shape and developmental status through diagnosis and exercise care.
We screen for scoliosis, lumbar lordosis, forward head, and bow legs or knock knees (O- / X-legs) that can appear during growth, then guide the right care direction for your child.
Our in-house GYM offers 1:1 trainer-led exercise designed for growing children. Stretching, posture correction, and fascial release support good posture and body balance.
05 / Late-puberty growth care
Even in late puberty,
remaining growth potential can be checked
Growth velocity slows in late puberty. Yet the right care direction can still vary depending on growth-plate status, hormone balance, posture, sleep, and nutrition.
Growth velocity by age — what to expect
Knowing the typical growth velocity for each stage helps decide the right care direction for your child's current status.
| Age | Annual growth velocity (cm/year) | |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-puberty | 5–6 cm | |
| Early puberty | Boy | 7–12 cm |
| Girl | 6–11 cm | |
| Late puberty | Slower than the earlier rate | |
Growth potential —
start by checking current status
We run a tailored growth program matched to your child's current developmental stage.
monitoring
lower-body balance
and sleep
growth care
Care process
Caring for a child's growth is a journey shared by the child, the parents, and the medical team. From the first consultation through follow-up after treatment, we keep checking growth status.
Health questionnaire
Height · weight · body composition analysis
Bone age · full-body posture X-ray
Blood · urine test (required)
Heavy metals · hair minerals · precocious puberty (optional)
Personalized hormone balance · nutrition · exercise · posture care
Height · weight · body composition check
Hormone · custom exercise · posture correction · nutrition
Periodic checkup every 6 months & growth-treatment review
At Yonsei Saebom we
prepare healthy, balanced growth
alongside you
Drawing on our experience in growth care, we look at your child's height, body shape, hormonal balance, and lifestyle together. Through proper nutrition, sleep, and balanced growth care, we help prepare a healthy future for your child.
Comprehensive care that starts with the cause — begin today
Start by checking your child's predicted height — free
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