Founded by a team of Pediatricians, our #1 goal is to help kids gain access to quality nutrition products.
Proceeds from our sales help support more medical research initiatives that focus on children’s health.
Our Story
Created by Nutritional Growth Solutions, Inc., Healthy Heights is a product of a visionary health care system that believes it is the inherent right of every child to live a healthy life in a peaceful world.
In 2010, experts at Schneider Children’s Medical Center in Israel took their wealth of practical and clinical information from dealing with more than 20,000 visits per year from children with issues relating to growth and developed a formula to help children of short stature grow better. The result was Healthy Heights, a great-tasting shake mix for children aged three to nine, who are lean, healthy and short.
Healthy Heights’ nutritional profile was shown in a clinical study to help children grow in height and weight, with no increase in BMI. Nutritional Growth Solutions’ hope is that the children using Healthy Heights will not only grow in height, but also grow in confidence so they can each fulfill their unique potential.
We Believe Quality Ingredients Matter
Healthy Height includes ingredients parents can trust to make a taste kids love. Our shake mix contains what your kiddos need, and excludes what they don’t -- like corn syrup or artificial flavors! Learn more about the ingredients we include and why we include them.
Our research-based shake mix formula (Grow Daily 3+) includes the right combination of protein, amino acids, vitamins & minerals clinically shown to promote growth. The clinical study was published in the Journal of Pediatrics and showed that children who consumed at least one serving a day grew more than the children receiving the placebo.
Professor of Pediatrics, Director of the Children’s Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine. Member of the National Academy of Medicine. Fellow of the American Society for Nutrition and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), Professor of Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, and the Ron Burkle Chair in the Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism.
Professor of Pediatrics, Chief of the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, and the Emma Elizabeth Sullivan Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York.
Director of the Nutrition Center at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.
Dennis M. Bier, MD, is Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Children’s Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine. He is a Member of the National Academy of Medicine (USA), a Fellow of the American Society for Nutrition and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Dr. Bier serves as Editor-in-Chief of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. He was the former Editor of Pediatric Research and Associate Editor of the Annual Review of Nutrition. Previously, Dr. Bier was Chairman of the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences (USA). He served as President of the American Society of Clinical Nutrition, Co-President of the American Society for Nutritional Sciences, and Councilor of the American Pediatric Society. He has authored more than 275 scientific publication and has received many awards for his scholarly research contributions.
Mitchell E. Geffner, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Director
Dr. Geffner is Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), Professor of Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, and the Ron Burkle Chair in the Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism.
He graduated from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1975); was a house officer at LAC-USC Medical Center (1975-1979); and completed his fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology at UCLA (1979-1982). Dr. Geffner is a recent Past-President of the Pediatric Endocrine Society (2014-2015). His basic science research interest is in the general area of hormone resistance while, on the clinical side, he is involved in studies of new formulations, delivery systems, and indications for GH and GnRH therapy.
Dr. Geffner is principal investigator at CHLA of the NIH-sponsored TODAY2 trial that is studying long-term outcomes of youth with T2DM and national consultant to the NIH-sponsored PHACS study of endocrinological/metabolic manifestations of HIV infection and its treatment in childhood. He has served on the American Board of Pediatrics Sub-Board on Pediatric Endocrinology; as a Director, President, and soon Secretary of the Pediatric Endocrine Society; and is an advisor to the MAGIC Foundation, the Pituitary Network Association, and CARES Foundation. Dr. Geffner is Associate Editor of the journal, Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews, pediatric endocrinology editor for UpToDate, and co-editor of the textbook, “Pediatric Practice: Endocrinology” (McGraw-Hill) (second edition published in 2014).
Ron Newfield, MD
Rising to become a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Dr. Newfield graduated as MD at the Technion’s Institute of Technology in Israel, after which he did his residency at Schneider’s Children’s Hospital in New York, followed by a fellowship in pediatric endocrinology at Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan, New York. He has been at the University of California and Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego since 2000, quickly rising to become a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, working full time clinically as a pediatric endocrinologist and being involved as a principal Investigator (PI) in many clinical research trials in the areas of growth hormone, diabetes and lipids.
Dr. Newfield is an active member of a number of professional organizations, such as the Endocrine Society, Pediatric Endocrine Society, American Diabetes Association, and American Thyroid Association. He has more than 45 publications in the areas of growth, obesity, thyroid and adrenal disorders and diabetes, published in top journals, like the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, the New England Journal of Medicine, Thyroid, and Diabetes Care to name just a few. He has a wealth of experience in clinical practice in pediatric endocrinology and clinical research in the area of growth in children.
Robert Rapaport, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Chief of the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes
Robert Rapaport, MD is a Professor of Pediatrics, Chief of the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, and the Emma Elizabeth Sullivan Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York.
He has been a long time active member of the Pediatric Endocrine Society serving in many capacities during membership. He was elected member of the American Pediatric Society and has been active in both the ADA and the JDRF. In addition, he was on the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, the Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism, Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews, and is currently senior editor of Journal of Diabetes and Endocrine Connection.
He has published more than 200 articles, chapters and abstracts including chapters in major Pediatric (Nelson) and Pediatric Endocrinology (Sperling, Lifshitz and Pescovitz) textbooks. He directs an annual Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Symposium. His current research interests include: Neonatal thyroid disease; Growth Hormone in children born SGA, Growth Hormone-Immune interactions; Endocrine abnormalities in HIV and several aspects of Childhood Diabetes.
Virginia Stallings, MD
Director of the Nutrition Center & Professor of Pediatrics
Dr. Stallings is currently the director of the Nutrition Center at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. She received her early nutrition training at Auburn University and graduate training at Cornell University.
Dr. Stallings received her medical degree from the University of Alabama in Birmingham and completed a general pediatrics residency at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. She completed her professional training at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto as a fellow in clinical nutrition and research.
She has been on the faculty of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for over 25 years and led the development of the nutrition program at the Hospital, with broad based clinical care, research and training.
Her research is focused on the nutrition related growth and body composition abnormalities of children with different chronic diseases. Dr. Stallings is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and has participated in many related reports that have resulted in changes in child nutrition policy and care.
Our Co-Founders
Moshe Phillip, MD
Professor of Pediatrics at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, and the Director of the Institute for Endocrinology and Diabetes at Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel.
Professor of Pediatrics at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, and Chairman of the Institute of Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Liver Diseases at Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel.
Professor of Pediatrics & Director of the Institute for Endocrinology and Diabetes
Dr. Phillip is an active member of national and international organizations, such as the International Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD), and The European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE), The Pediatric Endocrine Society (PES), Endocrine Society and more. He served as the Chairman of the Educational and Training Committee and was a member of the Clinical Practice Committee of ESPE. Dr. Phillip co-chairs the Annual International Conferences on Nutrition and Growth (N&G). Dr. Phillip has published more than 260 scientific publications, including books, and chapters in books.
Dr. Phillip is an editorial board member and reviewer at many journals, including the, New England Journal of Medicine,(NEJM), Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM), The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, Hormone Research in Pediatrics, European Journal of Endocrinology Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism. Dr. Phillip co-chairs the International Conference on Nutrition & Growth.
Raanan Shamir, MD
Professor of Pediatrics & Chairman of the Institute of Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Liver Diseases
Raanan Shamir is Professor of Pediatrics at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, and Chairman of the Institute of Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Liver Diseases at Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel.
Prof. Shamir has published about 400 original papers, reviews and comments, book chapters and guidelines (times cited 17,200, H index:59). His research has been supported by prestigious funds such as the European Community Framework Funds and the Israel Science Foundation. His current research areas include exploring the effects of oral insulin supplementation on the intestine, pediatric nutrition, celiac disease, inflammatory bowel disease and childhood hyperlipidemia.
Current committee appointments include: President of ESPGHAN (European Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition,2016-2019), Member of the National Council on Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Liver Diseases, and Member of the Scientific Committee of the Nutrition and Growth Network.
Prof. Shamir serves as an Editor for the Pediatric Section of Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism and was the Senior Associate Editor (2010-2013) and Acting Editor in Chief (2013-2014) of the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (JPGN). He serves as a reviewer for journals in the field of Pediatrics, Nutrition, Gastroenterology and Atherosclerosis.
Michal Yackobovitch
Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences
Dr. Michal Yackobovitch Gavan, Ph.D. in Nutritional sciences from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, and M.Sc. in Biostatistics from the Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
Dr. Yackobovitch Gavan is a dietitian and researcher at the Institute for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel studying the interplay between childhood nutrition and growth.
She is a lecturer in clinical dietetics and community nutrition courses in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, School of Nutritional Sciences.
