"A decade after a landmark study proved that feeding peanut products to young babies could prevent development of life-threatening allergies, new research finds the change has made a big difference in the real world. About 60,000 children have avoided developing peanut allergies after guidance first issued in 2015 upended medical practice by recommending introducing the allergen to infants starting as early as 4 months."
""I can actually come to you today and say there are less kids with food allergy today than there would have been if we hadn't implemented this public health effort," he added. "Our findings have relevance from those of us who treat patients to those caring for infants, and more awareness, education and advocacy could further increase the positive results we observed in this study," he continued."
About 60,000 children avoided developing peanut allergies after guidance issued in 2015 recommending introduction of peanut products to infants as early as four months. Electronic health records from dozens of pediatric practices were analyzed to track diagnoses of food allergies in young children before, during and after the guidance. Peanut allergies in children ages 0 to 3 declined by more than 27% after 2015 guidance for high-risk infants and by more than 40% after recommendations expanded in 2017. Overall food allergy prevalence remains around 8% of children, including over 2% with peanut allergy. Greater awareness, education and research on timing, frequency and dose could increase protection.
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