peanut allergy and food introduction in kids
New Engl J of Med just published the LEAP (Learning about Peanut Allergy) study, which looked at early feeding of peanuts to infants at high risk of having peanut allergy, showing a dramatic decrease in subsequent allergy (see p eanut allergy early food intoduction NEJM 2015 in dropbox, or DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1414850 ). see prior blog for other recent data on early food consumption, the effect on the gut microbiome, and subsequent development of allergy, including suggestions from a couple of years ago that introduction of peanuts made sense ( http://gmodestmedblogs.blogspot.com/2019/04/food-diversity-in-young-kids-and.html ). the background, in brief, is that the prevalence of peanut allergy in kids has exploded (doubling in past 10 years, to reach prevalence of 3%), this is the leading cause of anaphylaxis/death from food allergies, peanut allergy in kids has huge psychosocial ramifications for the kids and parents, and...