Is it true the more sleep you grow more?

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• Answer #1

  in a way but only while your bodys gowing through puberty and while its still growing if you get a normal average of sleep a day (around 8 hours) youll grwo as tall as your body intented you to if you dont get enough sleep when yourr bodys still growing, it wont grow as much so youll be a bit shorter than you would have been if you sleep more but this is ONLY if your still growing

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• Answer #2

  yup this is true. This is because your body releases a hormone in your body more at night, called Growth hormone. When the epiphyseal plate in your bones close thats when you stop growing and this usually occurs by the age 16-17.

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