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Hypothesis: Hepatic DNL in response to the ingestion of fructose:glucose 1:1 is significantly greater in adolescents with obesity and prediabetes compared to adolescents with obesity who are metabolically healthy.
Thirty obese adolescents, ages 12-21 years, will be recruited to each of two groups:
Fructose is a monosaccharide present naturally in foods as fruit, vegetables and honey. In fruit, vegetables and table sugar it is also present as a disaccharide (sucrose), where it is joined with glucose. The intake of fructose has increased dramatically in the last decades. The increase is
Recent studies suggest that specific types of macronutrients in the diet may have selective effects on nutrient absorption, insulin sensitivity, and lipid metabolism. Elucidation of the metabolic impact of specific dietary components may well result in improved efficacy of lifestyle approaches to