Early peanut introduction cuts allergies by 43% in kids under 3, study shows

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Early peanut introduction could help to curb allergies in kids, new research suggests.

Exposing children to peanuts when they are 4 to 11 months old — instead of waiting until they are 3, as previously recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics — appears to be making a dent in the number of peanut allergy diagnoses , the study published in Pediatrics suggests.

"New onset peanut allergy dropped by 43% in kids under 3," Dr. David Hill, M.D., Ph.D., from the Division of Allergy and Immunology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, told Fox News Digital.

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Hill, one of the study authors, noted that new-onset food allergies ove