The minimum age one should have to diet?

[Johnny]

There are a lot of kids who are already obese and teens who want to lose weight. Still for many of them a drastic diet is not a good idea since it would affect their growth and their body would have to suffer from this. Is there a minimum age for a young person to be on a diet?

[dolly]

I think I wouldn't think about a diet for my kid till he/she was at least 18. This doesn't mean we wouldn't advise him/her to do sports as much as possible and we wouldn't let him/her eat junk food. There are ways to keep a kid from getting obese without hampering his/her growth. My non-yet-a-mommy opinion