I already have quite a long thread in this forum already, but I wanted to ask this specific question in a separate thread.
I was having a discussion with my parents about eating and the subject got onto breakfast. I regularly would never have any breakfast, between the ages of about 12 and 18. During the school day, my lunch consisted of a few sandwiches, a bag of crisps and some biscuits/some chocolate. I'm actually amazed I could concentrate at school. Evening meals would vary but usually a decent sized portion with meat and some carbs. So I regularly went from 7pm one day, to 12pm the next day without any food. I also didn't drink milk during these years either, nor would I eat many (if any) fruit and veg, if that's any relevance.
Your body obviously gets accustomed to a pattern. At the time, I don't remember feeling that bad, but maybe I was a bit under-nourished? Maybe it affected my growth? My parents don't think it caused any loss of growth. They said they encouraged me to eat breakfast but I didn't want to, and they didn't force me. I've even asked a doctor before but they said I fall within the average range so it's no concern (also they said there's no way of knowing if I could have grown more).
Honestly how much do you think something like this affected my growth? Even if it didn't necessarily affect my height, could it have affected other areas? Any other information you need, feel free to ask. 
Quote from: theuprising on August 25, 2014, 10:28:00 PMTo stunt growth you have to be malnourished. Think skinny kids with bones showing type malnourished.
You were fine.
Yeah you're right, I wasn't malnourished, but surely it must have had SOME effect on my growth?
For what it's worth, I remember getting weighed at age 15 - I was only 105 lbs (about 48kg). At 17, I was about 120lbs (about 55kg). So as you can see, pretty light for a guy. These days I'm about 160lbs (about 73kg).
Thanks for the replies. I will reply to 2 of them for the time being.
Quote from: Taller on August 26, 2014, 01:27:22 AMAbout how tall were you at age 12?
How much height did you gain from ages 12-15?
How much height did you gain from ages 15-18?
How much height did you gain after age 18?
If you answer these questions, we can have a better idea of if your growth pattern was abnormal and thus make an educated guess as to whether or not you stunted your growth.
I can't say for sure what my height was at some of those ages.
I'm dead on 5'10 measured first thing in the morning. I've gained very little since 18 - 1cm at most. At 13, I was still very short (one of the shortest in my class). My growth spurt happened between late 13 and early 16. First bit of pubic hair I noticed at late 13, and first time I had to shave was just after my 17th birthday (but didn't have to shave again for another 2 months). I can't say for certain what height I was at those ages. At 12, I was still several inches shorter than my mum who is 5'6, so maybe around 5'1-5'3?
Quote from: KiloKAHN on August 26, 2014, 02:27:34 AMYour height would only be affected if you were severely malnourished on a third world country level. Not having breakfast wouldn't bring you to that point.
Yeah but constantly not having breakfast and just having 2 quite small sized meals a day has got to have an impact?
Quote from: exclide on August 27, 2014, 01:40:05 PMOf course it did have impact, you don't grow just by drinking water. And you don't need to be malnourished to lose some of your height potential. Good nutrition equals more height - this is an established scientific fact. And it's not the only factor that can influence your adult height, there's also things called 'stress' and 'disease', if you had too much of these in your childhood, well bad news then!
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2809930/
Speaking of stress, I do get stressed more than most people, in my opinion. I'm generally not a relaxed person. Even little things when I was younger, like getting my books out of my locker for class or getting ready in the morning, probably caused me way more stress than most people. I'm quite a shy person, so even being around people at school caused me stress. Since 17 years old in particular, I've had occurrences of quite bad stress in my life which have lasted a number of months at a time.
Is that what you mean for stress?
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