Infant nutritional compositions for preventing obesity
AssigneeN.V. Nutricia
InventorsRenate Maria Louise Zwijsen, Gelske Speelmans, Eline Marleen van de Beek, Gunther Boehm
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for preventing obesity later in life by administering a certain nutritional composition to an infant with the age between 0 and 36 months. The composition comprises linoleic and alpha-linolenic acid.
Claims17
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A method to prevent obesity in an a non-obese human infant comprising feeding a human infant younger than 36 month of age with a nutritional composition that comprises a lipid component, a protein component and a digestible carbohydrate component
- wherein the lipid component comprises:
- (i) linoleic acid (LA) and a-linolenic acid (ALA) in a weight ratio of LA to ALA of between 2 and 7;
- (ii) less than 15 weight (wt.) % LA based on weight of total fatty acids in the composition;
- and
- (iii) at least 1 wt. % ALA based on weight of total fatty acids in the composition, which composition further comprises at least one of:
- (a) 0.5 to 20 wt. % phospholipids based on weight of total lipid in the composition;
- (b) 0.5 to 20 wt. % sphingolipids based on weight of total lipid in the composition;
- (c) 0.005 to 10 wt. % cholesterol based on weight of total lipid in the composition;
- (d) 0.035 to 1 wt. % choline based on dry weight of the composition;
- and
- (e) 0.001 to 0.1 wt. % uridine based on dry weight of the composition.
A method for preventing later development of cardiovascular disease, atherosclerosis, and/or high blood cholesterol levels comprising feeding an infant aged below 36 months a nutritional composition comprising a lipid, protein, digestible carbohydrate and cholesterol, wherein said preventing is manifest later in life.
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