USDA Dietary Guidelines: the key to preventing food allergies
“Introducing peanut-containing foods in the first year reduces the risk that an infant will develop a food allergy to peanuts.”
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Medical guidelines recommend early allergen introduction for babies
Leading health organizations including the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAAI) have updated their guidelines for the early introduction of peanut, and are in the process of developing new guidelines for egg and other allergenic foods.
L.E.A.P STUDY
Learning Early About Peanut Allergy
E.A.T STUDY
Enquiring About Tolerance
P.E.T.I.T STUDY
Prevention of Egg Allergy in High-Risk Infants with Eczema
L.E.A.P STUDY
Learning Early About Peanut Allergy
- Starting at 4 months of age
- Duration of exposure 4 years
- 6g peanut protein per week
Over 600 children between 4 and 11 months of age at high risk for peanut allergy were randomized to either consume or avoid peanut until age 5 in order to compare the incidence of peanut allergy between the two groups.
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