NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION FOR SUPPORTING BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTION OF TODDLERS

摘要

THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO A NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION, IN PARTICULAR DIRECTED TO TODDLERS AND/OR A WEANING CHILD, SAID NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING A PROTEIN SOURCE, A SOURCE OF AVAILABLE CARBOHYDRATES, A LIPID SOURCE, AT LEAST ONE PROBIOTIC MICROORGANISM, AND PREBIOTICS, WHEREIN SAID LIPID SOURCE COMPRISES DHA (DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID). THE NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION IMPROVES COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE, IN PARTICULAR LEARNING AND MEMORY OF THE CHILD. PREFERABLY, THE COMPOSITION COMPRISES SPHINGOMYELIN, SIALIC ACID, CHOLINE, ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS AND TAURINE.