Peanuts and other major food allergens should be introduced to babies between four and six months. Photo: AP PHOTO

A decade after a landmark study proved that feeding peanut products to young babies could prevent them developing life-threatening allergies, it's making a big difference in the real world.

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About 60,000 children have avoided developing peanut allergies after guidance first issued in 2015 upended medical advice by recommending introducing the allergen to babies as young as four months.

"That's a remarkable thing, right?" said David Hill, an allergist and researcher at C

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