Allergies to peanuts and other foods dropped significantly after the introduction of new guidelines, according to a study published on Oct. 20.
Just 0.45 percent of young children from 2017 through 2019 had an allergy to peanuts, according to researchers with the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s allergy and immunology division and other institutions. That was down from 0.79 percent from 2012 through 2014.
“Our results support ongoing efforts to encourage early food introduction to prevent food allergy,” Dr. Stanislaw J. Gabryszewski, an attending physician at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and one of the researchers, said in a video presentation that was released alongside the study by the journal Pediatrics….