• Question: when do you stop growing?

    Asked by lafonda to Mike, Pip, Tim, Tom on 4 Jul 2012.
    • Photo: Tim Stephens

      Tim Stephens answered on 4 Jul 2012:

      When you’re in your mid-late teens. I stopped growing when I was about 17, I think.

    • Photo: Tom Lister

      Tom Lister answered on 4 Jul 2012:

      Girls usually stop growing substantially in their teens, boys often grow for a bit longer. Tim was obviously ahead of his peers, but I kept growing until about 23.

      However, your bones and muscles are always growing (or shrinking) in response to your lifestyle – so many sports people have bigger, thicker bones and stronger muscles – coach potatoes may have thin bones and big tummies! Even your brain keeps changing shape and growing throughout your life, depending on how you use it.

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