Can peanut allergy or any food allergy be tamed if babies are introduced to such food groups early on? New research, which followed up on an earlier landmark study that recommended feeding babies peanut products in their early years to prevent allergies later in life, finds that such a change actually works in the real world.

Peanut allergies have begun to decline in the US after the recommendation was first made in 2015. It suggested introducing the allergen to infants starting as early as four months. The rate of peanut allergies in toddlers up to three years of age fell by more than 27 per cent after guidance for high-risk kids was first issued in 2015, and by more than 40 per cent after the recommendations were expanded in 2017.

What is peanut allergy?

Peanut allergy is caused when

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