Continued Support for Early Introduction of Peanuts
Posted: 2016-03-07
In a follow up of an earlier study (see PEN® Article Analysis: Peanut Consumption in Infants at Risk for Peanut Allergy), researchers have found continued support that the early introduction of peanuts reduces the prevalence of peanut allergy in children at high risk. At the end of the primary study, researchers withheld peanut for a year following a five-year exposure. They found that even after a full year of not eating peanut, upon reintroduction there was no significant increase in prevalence of peanut allergy; the prevalence of peanut allergy was still about 74% lower than the prevalence in the group who avoided peanuts throughout the 6 years. The full article, The Effect of Avoidance on Peanut Allergy after Early Peanut Consumption is available at NEJM.