Question: how do we grow up?

Vicki Onions answered on 18 Jun 2010:

hello hellohannah!
Crikey, what a question!! I’m not sure i can answer that fully! In terms of reproductive biology, which is what i work in, the hormones in the body change to cause puberty and those changes are based, to a certian extent on how well nourished you are.
With everything else, your bones continue to grow at the ends, that makes you taller. You grow mentally as a result of experiencing things and learning things!
Crumbs this is a hard one for last thing on a friday – sorry thats the best i can do!!