Advice to feed children peanuts early and often 60,000 children avoid eating them, study finds

A decade after a field study showed that feeding peanut products to young children could prevent the development of life-threatening obesity, new research finds the change has made a big difference in the real world.

About 60,000 children have avoided developing an allergy to peanuts after the correction issued at the beginning of treatment by recommending introducing the allergen in 4 months.

“That’s amazing, isn’t it?” Dr. David Hill, a researcher and researcher at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and the author of a study published on Monday in Pediatrics. Hill and colleagues analyzed electronic health records from multiple pediatric practice centers to track foodborne illness diagnoses in young children before, when the guidelines were issued.

“I can actually come to you today and say that there are less children on their diet today than there would be if we didn’t use this public health effort,” he added.

The researchers found that peanut allergies in children aged 0 to 3 declined by more than 27% after the guidelines for high-risk children were initially created in 2015 and more after the recommendations were expanded in 2017.

The effort has not slowed the overall increase in allergies in the US in recent years. About 8% of children are affected, including more than 2% with peanut allergy.

Peanut Allergy is caused when the immune system mistakenly identifies proteins in peanuts as dangerous and releases chemicals that cause allergic reactions, including life-threatening anaphylaxis.

For decades, doctors have recommended delaying feeding children peanuts and other potentially allergic foods until age 3. But in 2015, King’s serious decline.

Lack and colleagues showed that introducing peanut products in moderation reduced the future risk of developing food allergies by more than 80%. A later analysis showed that security has affected almost 70% of children in adolescence.

The study was soon updated with new guidelines calling for earlier introduction of nuts – but using them is cheaper.

Only about 29% of Pediatricians and 65% of allergists reported following the expanded guidance issued in 2017, the study found.

Confusion and uncertainty about the best way to introduce nuts early in life led to Lag, according to a commentary accompanying the study. First, medical professionals and parents alike doubt that this practice can be accepted outside of strictly controlled clinical settings.

The data of the analysis came from the level of interaction of practice sites and may not represent the entire population of the US, noted the comments, led by Dr. Ruchi Gupta, a military expert at the University of Northwestern.

However, this new study provides “promising evidence that the first introduction of Allergergen is not only acceptable but may have a measurable effect,” the authors concluded.

Advocates for the 33 million people in the US with food allergies welcomed the signs that the early introduction of peanut products is on hold.

“This study reinforces what we already know and emphasizes a meaningful opportunity to reduce the incidence of peanuts throughout the country,” said Sung Poblete, Chief Research Officer of Allergy Food Allergy and Education, or money.

The new study emphasizes the current guidance, which will be renewed in 2021, which requires the introduction of peanuts and other major allergens between four and six months, without prior testing or prior testing. Parents should confront their children with any questions.

“It doesn’t have to be a lot of flavor, but the most popular ones are peanut butter, milk-based yogurt, soy-based yogurts and tree nuts,” she said. “These are really good ways to allow the immune system to expose these allergenic foods in a safe way.”

Tiffany Leon, 36, Maryland registered Dietician and Faare Director, introduced peanuts and other allergens to her early sons, Jacob, 4, and Cameron, 2.

At first, Leon’s mother was shocked by the advice to feed children such food before the age of 3, she said. But Leon explained how science has changed.

“As a nutritionist, I recommend evidence-based recommendations,” she said. “So when someone tells me, ‘This is the way we’re doing it now, these are the new directions,’ I’m like, OK, this is what we’re going to do.”

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