Peanut allergies dropped significantly in last 10 years, study found

The Brief

Changing advice on when to introduce young children to peanuts helped tens of thousands of kids avoid the allergy, a newly-published study found.

For decades, doctors had recommended delaying feeding children peanuts and other foods likely to trigger allergies until age 3.

The current recommendation is to introduce the allergen to infants starting as early as 4 months.

A new study in the medical journal Pediatrics found that peanut allergies have dropped significantly in the last 10 years.

The change comes after a new recommendation was issued in 2015 about the best way to introduce peanuts to a child’s diet.

Peanut allergies decline

The backstory:

For decades, doctors had recommended delaying feeding children peanuts and other foods likely to trigger allergies until age