Posted on 10/20/2025 1:09:52 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The new research offers “promising evidence that early allergen introduction is not only being adopted but may be making a measurable impact,” the authors concluded.
The new research offers “promising evidence that early allergen introduction is not only being adopted but may be making a measurable impact,” the authors concluded.
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.
“That’s a remarkable thing, right?” said Dr. David Hill, an allergist and researcher at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and author of a study published Monday in the medical journal Pediatrics. Hill and colleagues analyzed electronic health records from dozens of pediatric practices to track diagnoses of food allergies in young children before, during and after the guidelines were issued.
“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.
The researchers found that peanut allergies in children ages 0 to 3 declined by more than 27% after guidance for high-risk kids was first issued in 2015 and by more than 40% after the recommendations were expanded in 2017.
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The effort hasn’t yet reduced an overall increase in food allergies in the U.S. in recent years. About 8% of children are affected, including more than 2% with a peanut allergy.
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This fits with something else I’ve heard, that kids who grow up in rural areas have far fewer allergies than kids in the city. They get exposed to a whole range of natural stuff early on and their body learns not to freak out about it.
Whipped shrimp, grapefruit pudding, a whole slew of new products waiting to be developed.
I’ve often wondered about that.
Grew up in the 50’ & 60’s. Peanut allergies were unheard of back then.
Peanut butter sandwiches a staple in most homes. Kids including myself and my brothers frequently carried peanut butter sandwiches to school for lunch.
Roasted peanut snacks common in bars, restaurants and on planes.
Seems to me that it’s a modern phenomenon.
Yep, maybe rfk can unlock that "mystery" as well.
My daughter says that some young parents are testing peanut and other allergens by feeding their kids while parked outside emergency rooms.
Top 9 “milk, eggs, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybeans, and sesame”
Must not work that way with eggs. Who doesnt feed babies eggs?
Come to think of it my little brother had some kind of issue with milk that he grew out of.
or let them play in the yard and eat some dirt good for the system ,LOL
That's actually probably true.
You build up your immune system by being exposed to things your body needs to learn to defend itself from.
“Must not work that way with eggs.”
My mother was allergic to eggs, so much so that she never got a flu shot.
Apparently, it isn’t inheritable.
Jewish children in Israel have a fraction of food allergies of the Jewish children in the UK. Specifically, the most popular snack food in Israel is Bambas peanut puffs (like Cheetos Puffs except peanut coating instead of cheese coating), and is a favorite with Israel toddlers. Peanut allergies very rare there.
My guess is that people gave up on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in the 80s as they were trying to be “healthy”.
Never really understood this. What caused parents to stop feeding peanut products to their children?
I grew up in the same era and do recall hearing about kids choking to death on peanuts, something you almost never hear about these days.
I can’t help but wonder if that wasn’t anaphylaxis and nobody really knew what it was in those days.
It was probably healthier than peanut and fluff sandwiches. If you didn't grow up in New England you won't know what fluff is.
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