Ye S, et al. - In this cross-sectional study involving 482 students (6–15 years old) with no history of ocular or systemic pathologies, researchers identified connections between anthropometric indicators (height, weight and body mass index (BMI)) and both refraction and ocular biometrics (axial length (AL), vitreous chamber depth (VCD) and corneal curvature (CC)) in Tianjin, China. Using standardised protocols, height and weight were measured. Data reported that overall myopia [defined as SER ≤−0.50 dioptres] prevalence was 71.16%. Findings revealed that both higher heights and heavier weights were linked to longer ALs, deeper VCDs, higher AL/CC ratios and more myopic refractions during the early period of adolescent growth after controlling for age, gender, parental myopia, family income, reading and writing distance and time spent outdoors. During the early adolescent growth period, height and weight remained independently related to refraction and various ocular biometrics after adequate covariate control, which could support the idea that a shared mechanism could regulate the coordinated growth of children's body and eye size.