Dear Mike & Liza,

Have you heard the news story about the mom who put her 7 year old daugh­ter on a diet?  Our 9 year old son is also over­weight.  I want to help him cre­ate a diet plan and learn how to man­age and con­trol food.  My hus­band says putting a child on a diet will give him a bad body image and do more dam­age in the future.  He says it’s just baby fat he’ll grow out of – I say our son needs to learn now how to eat right and be healthy.  Can’t wait to hear what east Idaho thinks.

Amanda, Idaho Falls