Height increase?

（明報製圖）

【明報專訊】Someone believes that sports like rope skipping and playing basketball lead to height gain. Some doctors are sceptical about this. Human height is determined by multiple genes and environmental factors. However, there is still no clear evidence that certain sports can influence one's height.

■Glossary

sceptical (adj) 懷疑的

environmental (adj) 環境的

evidence (n) 證據

[Smarties' Power English 第189期]

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