What thing ACTUALLY make you stop growing?

Question

alot of ppl say alot of different things about it like coffee, pepper, spicy stuff, alcohol, ciggerates etc make you stop growing but i dont really believe them cuz i've been drinking coffee for a little while not everyday but yah....and also pepper i use it everyday and spicy stuff too none of that stuff makes you stop growing

so i wanna hear from you all what makes you stop growing....and plz no guessing!!!

Answer 1

Smoking cigarettes while pregnant can increase your chances of having a child whose growth is stunted. As for physical reasons, what really makes you stop growing is your Ephesian plates in your bones. As you grow, they are spongy. When you're in your late teens (or maybe younger), those spongy spots harden into plates, and you stop growing.

Answer 2

your pituitary gland makes you grow though... science class

Answer 3

Against what people think, growing is due to brain , thyroid and pituitary.

If you are born healthy the only factors to affect your growth are.

1. Malnutrition

2.  Drugs such as steroids and other hormones.

3. Severe mental neglect, ==There are many abandoned children who have been put into captivity who's bodies grow at 50% the normal rate. A 20 year old can look as young as a 10 year old,

4. Severe injury to the back or brain.