Cutting back on fructose—like from sugary drinks—can help overweight kids' bodies work better, even if their liver isn't already fatty. It's not just for kids with liver problems; all heavy kids who eat a lot of sugar might feel better and get healthier by cutting down on fructose.

Cutting down on fructose—like from sugary drinks—can help reduce fat in the liver and belly of obese kids, even if they don’t already have a fatty liver. So, any obese kid who eats a lot of sugar might feel better and get healthier by cutting back on fructose.

Cutting out fructose — like from sugary drinks — might help overweight kids with metabolic problems feel better inside, even if they don’t lose weight, because it’s the sugar itself causing harm, not just the calories.

Cutting out fructose from the diet for just nine days—without changing calories or causing weight loss—can slash the amount of new fat the liver makes in kids who usually eat a lot of sugar.

Cutting back on fructose in sugary foods for just nine days can help clear fat from the liver in obese kids of Latino and African American background—even if they don’t lose weight—by swapping sugar with starchy foods.

If you eat less fructose—like the sugar in soda and candy—your liver will make less fat, even if you don’t eat fewer calories overall. This can help reduce fat buildup in the liver, especially if you’re overweight or have fatty liver disease.