LIPID COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF
The present invention refers to a method for one or both of improving growth in a subject and treating at least one growth problem in a subject. The method comprises administering to the subject an edible lipid composition which comprises a vegetable-derived fat source, wherein the fat source is a triglyceride fat source comprising triglycerides with 13-55% palmitic acid moieties out of the total fatty acids, and wherein the level of palmitic acid moieties at the sn-2 position of the glycerol backbone is at least 30% of total palmitic acid.
1 . A method for one or both of improvising growth in a subject and treating at least one growth problem in a subject, said method comprising administering to said subject an edible lipid composition comprising a vegetable-derived fat source, wherein said fat source is a triglyceride fat source comprises triglycerides with 13-55% palmitic acid moieties out of the total fatty acids and wherein the level of palmitic acid moieties at the sn-2 position of the glycerol backbone is at least 30% of total palmitic acid.
2 . The method according to claim 1 wherein at least about 20% of the total fatty acid moieties at the sn-2 position of the glycerol backbone are saturated.
3 . The method according to claim 1 wherein at least about 50% of the total fatty acid moieties at the sn-1 and sn-3 positions of the glycerol backbone are unsaturated.
4 . The method according to claim 1 wherein at least about 40% of the fatty acids are unsaturated fatty acid moieties.
5 . The method according to claim 1 wherein at least about 50% of the unsaturated fatty acids are oleic acid.
6 . The method according to claim 1 wherein at least about 15% of the unsaturated fatty acids are linoleic acid.
7 . The method according to claim 1 wherein at most about 5% of the unsaturated fatty acids are linolenic acid.
8 . The method according to claim 1 wherein at least about 35% of the unsaturated fatty acid moieties at the sn-1 and sn-3 positions are oleic acid moieties.
9 . The method according to claim 1 wherein at least about 4% of the unsaturated fatty acid moieties at the sn-1 and sn-3 positions are linoleic acid moieties.
10 . The method according to claim 1 wherein said subject is an infant, a toddler, a child or an adolescent.
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15 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said subject is a non-healthy subject.
16 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said method is for improving growth.
17 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said method is for maximizing said subject's growth potential.
18 . The method of claim 1 wherein said method is for facilitating catch up growth, for increasing bone length, for increasing growth plates height, for increasing growth-related gene expression or for treating at least one growth problem.
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23 . The method according to claim 14 wherein said growth problem is a reduced growth rate, a failure to thrive, an endocrine disease, Turner syndrome or a chronic disease.
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28 . The method according to claim 1 wherein said subject is suffering from a growth problem.
29 . The method according to claim 1 wherein said subject is at risk of developing at least one growth problem.
30 . A method for one or both of improvising growth in a subject and treating at least one growth problem in a subject, said method comprising administering to said subject an edible vegetable-derived fat source, wherein said fat source is a triglyceride fat source comprising triglycerides with 13-55% palmitic acid moieties out of the total fatty acids and wherein the level of palmitic acid moieties at the sn-2 position of the glycerol backbone is at least 30% of total palmitic acid.
31 . A method for one or both of improving growth in a subject and treating at least one growth problem in a subject, said method comprising administering to said subject a formula comprising the fat source according to claim 30 .
32 . The method of claim 31 , wherein said formula is an infant formula, a toddler formula, a child formula or an adolescent formula.
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36 . A method for one or both of improving growth in a subject and treating at least one growth problem in a subject, said method comprising administering to said subject a formula comprising the composition according to claim 1
37 . The method of claim 36 , wherein said formula is an infant formula, a toddler formula, a child formula or an adolescent formula.