Introduction of Allergenic Food to Infants, Especially Peanuts: Interim Guidelines for Canadian Dietitians
Posted: 2017-01-23
This interim DC communication provides DC members with information on the scientific evidence regarding the introduction of peanuts to infants and how the current dietetic practice recommendations agree and differ from NIAID recommendations published in January 2017. In brief, the key differences between these new NIAID guidelines and current Canadian Nutrition for Healthy Term Infant (NHTI) recommendations are in the different definitions of “at risk” infants, the strength of wording for introducing peanut containing food early, and the recommendation to undergo physician supervised testing/feeding before introduction for a small subset of very high-risk infants . Refer to the full document for more information. See also the PEN Evidence Clip : Food Allergy Prevention in Infants.