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Peanuts for babies?
Recent studies suggest an allergy-preventing strategy
Peanut Allergy Ledb
This Feb. 20, 2015 file photo, photo shows an arrangement of peanuts in New York. Two new studies bolster evidence that feeding babies peanuts or other allergy-inducing foods is more likely to protect them than to cause problems. One study, a follow-up to landmark research published last year, suggests that the early prevention strategy leads to persistent, long-lasting results in children at risk for food allergies. It found that allergy protection lasted at least through age 5 and didn't wane even when kids stopped eating peanut-containing foods for a year. - photo by Associated Press
CHICAGO — Two new studies bolster evidence that feeding babies peanuts or other allergy-inducing foods is more likely to protect them than to cause problems. One study, a follow-up to landmark research published last year, suggests that the early prevention strategy leads to persistent, long-lasting results in children at risk for food allergies. It found that allergyprotection lasted at least through age 5 and didn't wane even when kids stopped eating peanut-containing foods for a year.
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