[The fatty acid patterns of infants under conditions of oral nutritions]

Theinfluence of oral milk foods on the fatty acid pattern of the total serumlipids was examined on 58 healthy infants and small children. It is known that the newborn;s fatty acid pattern is different to that of the adult's. These differences pertain chiefly to the essential linoleic acid and arachidonic acid as well as to the other fatty acids. The time of adaptation to the adult's fatty acid patter was to be ascertained. The result was that a speedy approximation depended on the food used and it's particular fatty acid pattern.