Can dieting stunt growth in teenagers?

if you did it donstantly from the age of 13, when I say dieitng, I mean restricting calories to lose weight, but not an eating disorder.Can dieting stunt growth in teenagers?
A person who is growing, as a 13 year old is, should _not_ go on a diet, it is not helathy at all.


And yes that can stunt growth.Can dieting stunt growth in teenagers?
no but it can stunt growth in midgets
The answer is YES they can, and they should if they are overweight no matter what the age is, even babies can go on special diets, being OVERWEIGHT is a big health hazard that should be cured by proper dieting at an early age, but the issue is what type of dieting, it should be well balanced, by that i mean the diet should include all necessary elements, NO JUNK FOOD.
I don't know.
Yes, instead of dieting perhaps it's time for exercise. Not necessarily building muscle, but moving enough that you're not turning into the Michelin man. I know, I know, it's easier to say you're on a diet than to actually get up and do something.





Anorexic chicks are nasty, though.
Dieting, as in starvation, is bad. Dieting, as in watching what and how much you eat, combo'ed with a normal amount of physical activity, is good. This may mean cutting back on sweets and grease, eating a banana instead of chips, etc. At age 13, I find that a lot of teenagers will maintain their weight, but once they hit their growth spurt, it gets spread out over another foot of height. That usually takes care of the ';baby fat.';
i was on a diet at 13....whats wrong with it?


and im healthy 5ft 9ins and usually a size sixteen waist.... note i am 23 now when i was a kid i was a size 18 to 20 waist of which at 13 i dieted to get down to a size sixteen and look healthy i did not do anything too strenuous mainly excercise and long walks and also a cut down on sweet things it was my choice id like to add and not a eating disorder.
It certainly stunted my growth , I weigh 350lbs and am 7ft 6ins tall
i don't think it can if all you are doing is healthy eating, but if it is a major restriction then yes because your body would use all its fuel for the day to day living and not repairing or building (ie making cells to produce bones or tissues for growth,) a lot of growth happens at puibity and a lack of nutrients effects how effective this is also (ie.people with eating disorders sometimes become infertile.)


I think height has more to do with genetics than environment though.





but environment (diet) does play a part an example - people from the victorian times had a poorer diet and were shorter
13 year old on a diet?? Stop going to McDonald's!!!!!!!!!!