Amazon.com: The Growth Spurt: (Calculating Your Child's Final Adult Height): John Alevizos: Books

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Doctors and parents in America demand specifics and exact science when it comes to our children. The wide variation in growth and development that exists in adolescent children seems to be unordered and random. However, once one understands the growth process, which will be explained in the body of this book, it becomes clear that this process is actually very orderly. Once one sees their child going through the various growth stages, they can predict with good accuracy what their childs final adult height will be. This is an exciting process to parents like me who know the sex of their children before they are born and lead highly structured, overly planned lives. The first part of this book will explain the growth process and assist parents so that they do not negatively influence their children's growth. Rather, help them achieve and even EXCEED their genetic growth potential. The second part of this book will focus on how to influence and support your child's growth in several positive ways.

About the Author
John Alevizos, D.O., grew up in Chicago, Illinois. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree at Loyola University. He then attended graduate school in Biology at the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle. Medical school at the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Chicago, Ill. Internship in Family Practice at the University of Southern California (USC), California Medical Center. Residency in Family Practice at USC Medical Center. He is currently in private practice in Santa Ana and Irvine, California. Additionally a Clinical Professor at Western University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Pomona, CA. Licensed State of California Civil Surgeon, Medical Review Officer, Qualified Medical Evaluator. He's a member of multiple medical associations including: American Medical Association; California Medical Association; Orange County Medical Association; and American Osteopathic Association.In his personal life, he is a National Junior Basketball League coach and board member for the past five years.He was a contributor to the book Stopping the Clock - Dramatic Breakthroughs in Anti-Aging and Age Reversal Techniques (by Dr. Ronald Klatz & Dr. Robert Goldman; Bantam, 1997)