Abstract
Dietary lipids are key for infants to not only meet their high energy needs but also fulfill numerous metabolic and physiologicalfunctions critical for their growth, development, and health. Fats are the most important composition of breast milk, supplyingenergy and helping the development of the central nervous system.
The lipid composition of breast milk is partly affected by themother's diet. The major differences between breast fat and formulae concern saturated fats, polyunsaturated fats, cholesterol,and complex lipids.
The quality of the lipid supply to infants should be improved by translating the results of current researchinto mother's diets and into the design of optimized fat blends in formulae.