Use of a nutritional composition for the prevention of visceral fat accumulation in infants

摘要

Disclosed is the use of an infant milk formula or follow-on formula composition comprising a lipid, protein and digestible carbohydrate component wherein the lipid component provides 35 to 55 per cent of the total calories, the protein component provides 5 to 15 per cent of the total calories and the digestible carbohydrate component provides 30 to 60 per cent of the total calories, wherein the lipid component comprises 5 to 14.5 weight per cent linoleic acid based on total fatty acids and a weight ratio of linoleic acid (LA) to alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) between 2 and 6, for the manufacture of a nutritional composition for a. preventing and/or treating visceral adiposity and/or b. preventing and/or treating the accumulation of visceral fat mass to an excessive amount wherein the nutritional composition is for administration to an infant with the age between 0 and 36 months. The composition is suitable for preventing the development of a disorder later in life, the disorder being selected from the group of type 2 diabetes, fasting hyperglycaemia, insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, arthrosclerosis, dyslipidaemia, hyperuricaemia, fatty liver, osteoarthritis and sleep apnoea and the infant is a non-obese human with the age below 36 months.