A dietary composition for oral or enteral administration to a human adolescent, comprising a) a carbohydrate component which comprises from 50 to 65% of the total caloric content of said composition; b) a lipid component which comprises from 20 to 35% of the total caloric content of said composition; and c) an amino acid component which comprises from 10 to 20% of the total caloric content of said composition and which comprises 2.3 to 2.8 L-histidine, 6.1 to 7.4% L-isoleucine, 8.5 to 10.2% L-leucine, 7.0 to 8.4% L-valine, 6.6 to 8.0% L-lysine, 3.1 to 3.8% L-methionine, 5.5 to 6.6% L-phenylalaline, 4.8 to 5.8% L-threonine, 1.7 to 2.1% L-tryptophan, 5.7 to 6.9% L-alanine, 6.2 to 7.5% L-arginine, 5.9 to 7.1% L-aspartic acid, 2.3 to 2.8% L-cystine, 12.9 to 15.5% L-glutamine, 3.8 to 4.6% L-glutamic acid, 3.2 to 3.9% glycine, 5.0 to 6.0% L-proline, 5.4 to 6.5% L-serine, and 4.0 to 4.8% L-tyrosine, all based on total weight of said amino acid component.
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