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InFat Benefits Infant Bone Strength

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By: Sean Moloughney

Editor, Nutraceuticals World

A randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial on bone strength in term infants fed a high beta-palmitate formula was recently published in the journal Calcified Tissue International. The results of the study indicate significantly higher bone-strength parameters compared to a standard vegetable oil control. The trial, which was sponsored by Enzymotec, studied the effect of 12 weeks of feeding with infant formula containing InFat (Advanced Lipids, a joint venture between AAK and Enzymotec(,  high beta-palmitate fat blend, on bone strength parameters. Bone strength results were measured by speed of sound, using quantitative ultrasound (QUS). The formula fed infants were assigned to a study group receiving formula with InFat, or to a control group receiving formula using standard vegetable oil mix. Bone-strength parameters, measured by QUS (Sunlight Premier Software, Omnisense BeamMed, Ltd.), plus anthropometric parameters, were measured at randomization, then at 6 and 12 weeks postnatal age.

“We are very pleased with the study results,” says Yael Lifshitz, Ph.D., director of r&d, Enzymotec Infant Nutrition. “This clearly indicates that InFat benefits bone strength parameters. Bone speed of sound of the newborns fed the formula with InFat was significantly higher than that of newborns fed the control formula, and comparable to that of breast-fed newborns.”

For further information: www.enzymotec.com

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