It’s wild how tall some Kpop idols grow despite heavy dieting during puberty

This is something that’s always surprised me. It's not a secret a lot of idols diet pretty heavily during their trainee years, which often overlap with puberty and peak growth years, yet some of them still end up quite tall.

For example, some that come to my mind:

Soobin (TXT) – 186 cm (6'1)

Mingyu (Seventeen) – 187 cm (6'2)

Ni-ki (Enhypen) – 186 cm (6'1)

Martin (Cortis) – 191 cm (6'3)

What really made this stand out to me was recently seeing photos of Cortis at the nba all star event. Martin was standing next to Steph Curry, who's 6'2 I'm pretty sure, and was genuinely a good inch at least taller than him.

It just makes me wonder how much of this comes down to genetics vs nutrition, because if they’re growing this tall while dieting during puberty, it’s hard not to imagine how tall some idols could’ve been if they were able to eat properly back then. What do you guys think?