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[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Body-fat caused hormonal imbalances (mentioned in the article).
This also includes estrogen and testosterone, linking it to precocious (early) puberty.
And it doesn't exactly cause tallness, but often quite the opposite (as you already mentioned): Affected persons typically are shorter than the norm once grown up.
It just triggers growth at an earlier point in life, so the children are taller on average at a certain fixed age.