Also, by important federal programs like the USDA Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, which can educate families on feeding food allergens early and support it with inclusion of allergenic foods. My hope is that we will continue to see this strategy adopted by more pediatricians and family physicians that educate parents about early introduction of food allergens. In 2020, theĭietary Guidelines for Americans also included that advice. Recommended introduction of peanut products in the diet of infants between four and six months. A seminal study on peanuts, called the LEAP study, showed that feeding peanut products actually dramatically reduced the development of peanut allergy.Īs of 2017, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Now the advice has turned around 180 degrees. Q: Why are food allergies so prevalent and on the rise?Ī: For over two decades, parents were advised to avoid feeding their infants common food allergens-like peanuts, eggs, and tree nuts-until their children were as old as three to five years of age. Robert Earl, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs for the food-allergy advocacy group FARE (Food Allergy Research & Education), shares his thoughts and hopes for the game- changing practice that will reduce the disease and treatments that will save lives. The number of kids with food allergies has jumped 50% since the 1990s. More than 32 million Americans suffer from food allergies.
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