CNN —Reassuring new evidence suggests that feeding children smooth peanut butter during infancy and early childhood can help reduce their risk of developing a peanut allergy even years later.
“Peanut allergy develops very early in most children between six and 12 months of life.
The LEAP-Trio trial set out to examine whether that reduced risk of peanut allergy would last into adolescence.
At that age, peanut allergy remained “significantly more prevalent” among the children who originally avoided peanuts, with about 15% having a peanut allergy.
Among those who originally consumed peanuts, about 4% had a peanut allergy, the researchers found.
Persons:
” Gideon Lack, ” Lack, “, Dr, Jeanne Marrazzo, ”, Purvi, ” Parikh, it’s, Sanjay Gupta, Daniel DiGiacomo, ” DiGiacomo
Organizations:
CNN, King’s College London, American Academy of Pediatrics, AAP, US National Institute of Allergy, immunologist, NYU Langone, Allergy, Asthma Network, CNN Health, Children’s, Jersey Shore University Medical
Locations:
United Kingdom, Israel, United States, New York, Neptune , New Jersey