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Tag: LEAP
Baby Food Products for Early Allergen Introduction Hit Market
New thinking on allergy prevention serves as the springboard to a category of baby foods that introduce peanut – and… Read more »
When to Introduce Peanut to Baby
Several medical journals published the new guidelines for the early introduction of peanut-containing foods to children as a strategy to… Read more »
Baby Meets Risky Foods: Parents Struggle to Adapt to New Food Allergy Guidelines
New guidelines suggest that feeding allergenic foods to at-risk infants plays an important role in allergy prevention. But at home… Read more »
A Gathering of Food Allergy Minds: From Latest Research to Patient Stresses
How many times have we heard the expression “two heads are better than one?” In late October 2017, I had… Read more »
Introducing Peanut to Babies, What Guidelines Say
Feeding from 4 to 6 months aimed at preventing this pervasive allergy.
A LEAP into an Allergic Culture Change
If you felt a sense of trepidation after reading the results of the new LEAP-On follow-up study, you’re not alone.… Read more »
LEAP-On Study Shows Peanut Allergy Protection Endures
Study had at-risk children avoid peanuts for 12 months.
American Academy of Pediatrics Supports New LEAP Guidelines for Infant Peanut Consumption
American pediatricians have gone a step further than their initial June endorsement of new interim guidelines for infant consumption of peanuts
LEAP Study Prompts New Peanut Introduction Guidelines for Physicians
The recommendations aim to help physicians implement LEAP findings while formal guidelines are still in the works.