Introduce eggs and peanuts early in infants' diets to reduce the risk of allergies
- Written by: Merryn Netting, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Healthy Mothers, Babies and Children's Theme; South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute; Affiliate Lecturer, The University of Adelaide, University of Adelaide
Up to one in ten infants have a proven food allergy.Andy Lim/ShutterstockIn the 1970s, when we were in school, food allergies were rare. But Australian children now have the highest rate of food allergy in the world. Up to one in ten infants and two in ten school-aged children have a proven food allergy.
In the 14 years to 2012, there was a 50%...
