THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO METHODS FOR PROMOTING RESPIRATORY DEVELOPMENT, REDUCING THE INCIDENCE OF RESPIRATORY DISTRESS, BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA AND/OR HAYFEVER IN AN INFANT BY ADMINISTRATION OF FATTY ACIDS AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SAME, WHEREIN THE FATTY ACIDS ARE ENRICHED WITH RESPECT TO DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID (DHA) CONTENT.