Early Intervention and Prevention of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Adolescents

This will be a prospective, randomized, controlled trial for obese adolescents. Sixty obese youth (male and female), age 11-17 years with BMI \>95 %tile for age and sex and one parent/guardian will be recruited for inclusion into the study at an initial pediatric fitness clinic visit. Consented subjects will be stratified by gender and ethnicity and randomized into low fructose or standard weight loss dietary intervention groups.