New evidence shows that timely introduction of peanuts and eggs reduces allergy risks

According to a study, families that offer peanut butter and eggs to their child’s diet in their baby’s diet. Published In Journal of allergies and clinical immunology: in practice,

The findings of the Kids Research Institute Australia’s researchers are updated by the Australian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergies (ASCIA) The strong quality of the guidelines for prevention of infant feeding and allergies, which provide confidence about the journey to parents – even if they have a family history of allergies.

Prior to 2016, the advice to the parents was very different, it was commonly started with common food allergies. Children Were close to 12 months or older.

Associate Professor Debra J. Palmer said, “Australia’s guidelines in 2016 were replaced to encourage the time of these general food allergies, which are based on a range of random controlled tests from all over the world, which are conducted by my team and I am involved on the introduction of eggs on time in baby diet.”

“However, some parents are still confused when the allergy should be introduced – especially families with a history of allergies.”

Co-writer Summer Walker said that the study compared two groups of children: Group one (506 children born 2006-2014), who did not get advice to feed any baby, and where Eggs And peanut butter was introduced after 10 months; And Group two (566 infants were born 2016-2022, admitted from a comparative study of a longitudinal birth within children), where all families were provided hard copies of update baby food And allergies prevention guidelines when the children were six months old.

In all infants, allergies were a first-degree relative with the history of disease, and all were evaluated for food allergies at the age of 1 year.

“For infants in group two – whose carers followed and introduced the updated guidelines Peanut butter And at the age of about six months, egg -aging allergy was reduced to 12%, and 3%, and Peanut allergies The walker said that by about 6% to 1% reduced.

“Research supports ASCIA guidelines and gives confidence to parents and Health professional Regarding how to introduce these foods. ,

Walker said that the results of the study highlighted the benefits of providing directly Guardian And the carers with rigid copies of updated guidelines, and showed that they should be widely distributed in the community through health care professionals including child health nurses and GP.

“By increasing the distribution of guidelines and encouraging health professionals to share information, we can significantly reduce food allergies in the community,” he said.

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