Benefits of Peanut Allergy Prevention Strategy Persist After One-year Peanut Avoidance

by Press on March 7, 2016

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NIH-funded study suggests early peanut consumption will offer lasting protection.

Researchers designed the LEAP study based on observations that Israeli children have lower rates of peanut allergy than Jewish children of similar ancestry residing in the United Kingdom. Israeli children typically start consuming peanut-containing foods, including this snack made from peanuts and puffed corn, early in life. Infants in the LEAP study ate this peanut snack.NIAID