Compositions comprising 2FL and LNnT to control food intake and growth in infants or young children
AssigneeSociete des Produits Nestle S.A.
InventorsAristea Binia, Jose Manuel Ramos Nieves, Chiara Nembrini, Norbert Sprenger, Laurent Favre
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a nutritional composition comprising at least one fucosylated oligosaccharide and at least one N-acetylated oligosaccharide, for use in reducing and/or controlling food intake in an infant or a young child, and/or for use in promoting a healthy growth in an infant or a young child.
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A method for reducing and/or controlling food intake in an infant or a young child in need thereof, the method comprising the step of administering to the infant or young child a nutritional composition comprising a fucosylated oligosaccharide and an N-acetylated oligosaccharide, wherein the fucosylated oligosaccharide and the N-acetylated oligosaccharide are present in a total amount of from 0.1 to 10 wt % of the nutritional composition.
A method for promoting a healthy growth in an infant or a young child in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the infant or young child a nutritional composition comprising a fucosylated oligosaccharide and an N-acetylated oligosaccharide, wherein the fucosylated oligosaccharide and the N-acetylated oligosaccharide are present in a total amount of from 0.1 to 10 wt % of the nutritional composition,
- wherein the infant or young child has difficulties with controlling their food intake or has an abnormal food intake, or wherein the infant or young child has at least one characteristic selected from the group consisting of (i) eating more than other infants or young children of the same age and of the same size and (ii) having an altered perception of satiety.
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