Lipid preparation for enhancing mineral absorption

A method of enhancing dietary calcium absorption, bone formation, and bone mass maximization, in a non-infant child or adult subject, said method comprising administering (1) a food article, excluding infant formula, to said subject, or (2) a lipid-based dietary supplement to said subject, wherein said food ankle or said lipid-based dietary supplement comprises at least one edible lipid that enhances calcium absorption and intake, and wherein said edible lipid is selected from the group consisting of chemically and enzymatically synthesized vegetable- and plant-derived synthetic oils, said edible lipid being a glyceride-based lipid having over 50% of mono- or polyunsaturated fatty acids at positions sn-1 and sn-3 and a high level of palmitic acid at position sn-2 of a glycerol backbone, wherein said edible lipid is free of all or most of unhealthy oils and fats, which unhealthy oils and fats have high degree of fatty acid saturation at the sn-1 and sn-3 positions, the edible lipid constituting at least part of a fat content of the food article or of the dietary supplement;

• wherein the food article or the lipid-based dietary supplement further comprises calcium and wherein the food article or the dietary supplement is administered routinely to the non-infant child or adult subject, thereby enhancing dietary calcium absorption, bone formation, and bone mass maximization in the non-infant child or adult subject.