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Research: Overprotective Parents Put Their Kids at Higher Risk of Food Allergies
A Melbourne-based study has found infants who were not introduced to eggs until after their first birthday were up to five times more likely to go on to develop an egg allergy.
This was compared to those who ate their first eggs from age four to six months and, University of Melbourne PhD scholar Jennifer Koplin said, it added more weight to the recent shift in official advice.
"Until recently, Australian and international guidelines recommended that infants with a family history of allergy delay introducing allergenic foods such as egg, peanut and nuts until up to two to three years of age," news.com.au quoted Koplin as saying.
"Our study suggests that babies who ingest these foods at an earlier age may be less likely to develop food allergies as they grow older.
"It seems that early introduction of egg may protect against egg allergy, while delaying its introduction may put the child at increased risk of developing an allergy," she added.
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