Children who consumed peanut products from infancy to age 5 had a lower risk of developing a peanut allergy at age 13 compared to those who avoided peanuts.
Early exposure to peanuts is crucial because allergies typically develop in infancy and early childhood.
Introducing peanut butter during infancy reduces the risk of developing a peanut allergy later on.
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Introducing Peanut Butter in Infancy: A Game Changer in Preventing Peanut Allergies
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According to recent studies, introducing peanut butter during infancy and continuing consumption until early childhood can significantly reduce the risk of developing a peanut allergy later on. The protective effect of early exposure to peanuts has been proven through various research, including the LEAP (Learning Early About Peanut Allergy) and LEAP-Trio studies.
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The latest study published in NEJM Evidence shows that children who consumed peanut products from infancy to age 5 had a lower risk of developing a peanut allergy at age 13 compared to those who avoided peanuts. The protective effect lasted even when the children were free to eat or avoid peanuts as they wished after the age of 5.
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Early exposure to peanuts is crucial because allergies typically develop in infancy and early childhood. Peanut allergy affects one in fifty children, and rates are on the rise, leading to bans in schools. The immune system learns to recognize friend from foe during early life, making it a critical period for prevention.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics updated its guidance in 2019 to recommend introducing peanuts as early as six months without eczema and four months with eczema. The LEAP study showed that regular consumption of peanut products from infancy reduced the risk of developing a peanut allergy at age five by 81%. The latest study, known as the Leap-Trio trial, followed children to an average age of 13 and found that those in the early peanut consumption group had a 71% lower risk of peanut allergy compared with those in the peanut avoidance group.
Sources:
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/introducing-peanut-infancy-prevents-peanut-allergy-into-adolescence
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/28/health/peanut allergy infants adolescents wellness/
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare /4689783-peanuts-allergy-children-study/
https://www.theguardian.com /society /article /2024/may/28/giving young children peanut products cuts allergy risk study finds
https://www.bbc.com/news/health -69068815
Feeding children smooth peanut butter during infancy and early childhood reduces their risk of developing a peanut allergy by 71% in adolescence.
Starting peanut consumption in infancy, as early as around 4 months of age, and continuing regularly to around 5 years old can provide lasting protection from peanut allergy.
Peanut allergy develops very early in most children between six and 12 months of life. Exposing children to peanuts before the disease develops can prevent it.
The American Academy of Pediatrics updated its guidance in 2019 to recommend early introduction of peanuts for preventing peanut allergy.
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The author makes several statements that are based on scientific research and do not contain any logical fallacies. However, there is one instance of an appeal to authority when the author quotes Gideon Lack's opinion on the long-term protection of peanut consumption in infancy. This does not significantly impact the overall score as it only represents a minor fallacy.
“I was not entirely surprised because infants in Israel are exposed to peanuts very early and allergy does not appear to emerge in adolescence or adults. This suggests the protection is long-term.”
“Peanut allergy develops very early in most children between six and 12 months of life. If you want to prevent a disease this needs to be done before the disease develops.”
“We have known for many decades that young mice or other experimental animals who are fed foods such as egg or milk or peanut cannot develop these allergies later.”
Study published in NEJM shows children who consume peanut products from infancy to age 5 have lower risk of developing peanut allergy.
Of 640 participants, 15.4% in group that avoided peanuts had a peanut allergy at age 13, compared to 4.4% in group that consumed peanuts from infancy.
Researchers recommend introducing peanuts to children as young as 6 months without eczema, and as young as 4 months with eczema.
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No formal fallacies found. Some imprecise language and inflammatory rhetoric. Dichotomous depiction of two groups (with and without peanut consumption).
. . . tolerance developed from early exposure to peanuts lasts even when the study participants reach 13 years old.
Researchers now say that it’s important for parents to feed their children peanut products from the age of 6 months, if they don’t have eczema, and from the age of four months, if they do have eczema.
Feeding children peanut products from infancy until the age of five cuts their risk of developing a peanut allergy into early adolescence.
Children who ate peanut pastes or puffed peanut snacks regularly from four to six months onwards were 71% less likely to have a peanut allergy at age 13 than those who avoided peanuts.
Early exposure to peanuts provides long-term protection against the allergy.
Gideon Lack, professor of paediatric allergy at King’s College London, recommends introducing peanuts to babies by four months if they have eczema and by six months if they don’t have eczema.
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The author makes several statements based on scientific research and facts. There are no explicit fallacies found in the article. However, there is an appeal to authority when the author quotes Gideon Lack's recommendations for introducing peanuts to children.
Children who ate peanut pastes or puffed peanut snacks regularly from four to six months onwards were 71% less likely to have a peanut allergy at age 13 than those who avoided peanuts, pointing to a long-lasting effect of early peanut consumption.
Gideon Lack, professor of paediatric allergy at King’s College London, said decades of advice to avoid peanuts had made parents wary of giving them to their children from such an early age. But he said the evidence was now clear that early exposure to peanuts provided long-term protection against the allergy.
Around 100,000 cases of peanut allergy could be prevented globally every year by following this advice.
Peanut allergies affect one-in-50 children and are becoming more common, leading to bans in schools.
Early life is a critical period for the immune system to learn to recognize friend from foe.
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The author makes an appeal to authority by quoting Prof. Gideon Lack and Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo multiple times to support the findings of the study. However, this does not constitute a fallacy as long as the quotes accurately represent their positions and are not taken out of context.
][Prof Gideon Lack] I'm delighted to see this protection continues into adolescence.[/
][Dr Jeanne Marrazzo] Today's findings should reinforce parents’ and caregivers’ confidence that feeding their young children peanut products beginning in infancy according to established guidelines can provide lasting protection from peanut allergy.[/
Feeding children peanut products regularly from infancy to age 5 years reduced the rate of peanut allergy in adolescence by 71%.
Early introduction of peanut products reduced the risk of peanut allergy at age 5 by 81% in a previous study.
Only 4.4% of participants who consumed peanut products during early childhood had peanut allergy in adolescence, compared to 15.4% who avoided peanuts during early childhood.
The protective effect of early peanut consumption lasted without the need to eat peanut products consistently throughout childhood and early adolescence.
