Guidance to feed babies peanuts early in life helped 60,000 kids avoid allergies, study finds – CBC
Before 2015, doctors recommended delaying feeding children peanuts and other allergenic foods until age 3
Oct 20, 2025
A decade after a landmark study proved that feeding peanut products to young babies could prevent the development of life-threatening allergies, new research finds the change has made a big difference in the real world.
About 60,000 children have avoided developing peanut allergies after guidance first issued in 2015 upended medical practice by recommending that caregivers introduce the allergen to infants starting as early as four months.
“That’s a remarkable thing, right?” said Dr. David Hill, an allergist and researcher at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and author of a study published Monday in the medical journal Pediatrics.
“I can actually come to you today and say there are less kids with food allergy today than there would have been if we hadn’t implemented this public health effort,” he added.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/peanut-feeding-guidelines-9.6945037
