Teenagers go through some of the most rapid changes during a person's life. Things like height and weight tend to fluctuate on a day-to-day basis, making it hard for people to know their exact height or weight. But while many things about your appearance are primarily determined by genetics, there are ways you can increase your physical stature later in life. The key is that you need to know what causes a person’s height which, as it turns out, includes factors like levels of testosterone and estrogen in the body — and then find strategies that tackle those specific factors. Height is determined by several factors including genetics, hormones, growth plates and skeletal systems. These are all interrelated parts of your body that come together to make your height. When a baby's bones grow they have to do so in accordance with the rest of the body’s development. The bones are lined with cartilage that acts as a shock absorber for joints and muscles, and it also prevents the ...