Patent ID: 8623825

Claim:
A method of increasing bone strength in a human who is at risk of impaired bone strength, comprising administering to said human who is at risk of impaired bone strength a sufficient amount of a composition, wherein the composition comprises a fat source, wherein said fat source comprises a triglyceride fat source, wherein the triglyceride fat source has a total fatty acid moiety composition comprised of about 15-55% palmitic acid moieties out of the total fatty acids, wherein the level of the total fatty acid palmitic acid moieties at a sn-2 position of the glycerol backbone is at least 30% (w/w) of the total fatty acid palmitic acid moieties, and when the sufficient amount of the composition is administered to the human, the bone speed of sound measured using quantitative ultrasound technology is higher in the human to whom the composition was administered than in a human to whom a placebo was administered, wherein said human is a premature infants, an obese infant, and an infant born to diabetic mother, and an infant exposed to corticosteroids.