Reduced Risk of Peanut Sensitization Following Exposure Through Breastfeeding and Early Peanut Introduction

TJ Pitt, AB Becker, M Chan-Yeung. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2018;141(2):620–625.e1 To evaluate the relationship between maternal consumption of peanut while breastfeeding, the timing of direct oral peanut introduction, and sensitization to peanut at 7 years of age. The study included 342 children from the Canadian Childhood Asthma Primary Prevention Study who had a family history of asthma or immunoglobulin E–mediated allergic disease. A secondary analysis of the Canadian Childhood Asthma Primary Prevention Study cohort was performed. Pregnant women were recruited and randomly assigned to a multifaceted intervention group or a control group. The control group received no specific maternal or infant diet instructions. …