Dieting the right way, not stunting growth?

[DigitalRob7]

I posted on the training forums about this question but i put up way too much stuff so i guess i didnt get many answers cuz of hte long read. Anyway, this time ill just get straight to my question-
Will any sort of losing fat by means of dieting stunt growth??

The reasons i have for asking this is because if you think about it, it would make sense that any sort of dieting would stunt growth. Correct me if im wrong- to lose fat your calories must be negative at the end of the day. So if your calories are negative wouldnt that mean that your not getting enough nutrients into your body??

But, then, if you think about it the other way- maybe you have a negative amount of calories but you still got all your necessary nutrients in like calcium, vitamins, protein, etc. I'm no expert at this nor do i have a lot of knowledge in these sorts of things, but those are just my guesses, anyone have anything?

[Lost Dog]

It seems that it can. Here are a articles on the subject.

It seems like the key is to keep the calorie deficit very, very small in order to insure that you keep growing properly.

I'm not expert though... I only googled.

http://www.docguide.com/dg.nsf/Print...2565E50053BF96

http://www.fitnessandkids.com/art_kidsweightloss.html

[Morris]

First off, how old are you? For a lot of us we have stopped growing in height?

Secondly your logic does make a lot of sense.

[Morris]

Sorry about that. *height.

[DigitalRob7]

thanks for the articles lost dog

i'm 14 and im 5'4" very short, so i dont want to stunt my growth at all if possible but i still want to lose some fat.

[bryanc]

You know, it's really not appropriate to post all over the place just because you didn't get many answers.