Early peanut exposure in babies tied to sharp drop in food allergy diagnoses

Research shows introducing peanuts during infancy cuts allergy risk, while eggs now surpass peanuts as the most common food allergen in children.

Food-induced allergic reactions needing ED visit on the rise in infants

While early allergen introduction may reduce long-term allergy risk, it is tied to an increase in emergency department (ED) ...
MedPage Today

Early Food Allergen Introduction Linked to Increase in Emergency Care

SAN DIEGO -- Emergency room (ER) visits apparently linked to early introduction of peanuts and other allergenic foods have risen since guidelines recommended this strategy for families, a study ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Introduction: Bringing the world’s food production in line with global climate goals

Food systems—how we grow, transport, prepare, and dispose of the food we eat—are responsible for roughly one-third of all global greenhouse gas emissions. And those gases are changing the climate, ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Reduction in Food Allergies Found After Guideline-Directed Early Peanut Exposure

Early peanut exposure guidelines led to a 27.2% decrease in peanut allergies and a 37.9% decrease in one or more food allergies in children. The study used data from the American Academy of Pediatrics ...
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Q&A: Consistent, timely exposures ‘key’ to infant food allergen introduction

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . PHOENIX — Allergens should not be avoided but rather introduced early and often into an infant’s diet to reduce ...
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Cultural differences, racial inequities may create barriers to food allergen introduction

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Christopher M. Warren, PhD, assistant professor of preventive medicine and director of population health ...
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Rare Food Allergy Syndrome Increasingly Due to Early Egg, Peanut Introduction?

SAN DIEGO -- Common triggers for food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) have shifted, and more cases than expected have immunoglobulin E (IgE) sensitization in this classically ...
Medscape

ED Visits for Infant Food Reactions Rise in the Era of Early Food Introduction

A single-institution US study in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: Global has reported a steady rise in emergency department (ED) visits for food-induced allergic reactions (FIR) in ...
The Michigan Daily

Kara Morris: An introduction to the politics of food

A recent debate with a vegan convinced me that I haven’t been eating enough red meat. Last summer, on a quest to better understand the fast food and meat-packing industries, I read Eric Schlosser’s ...