A decade after a landmark study proved that feeding peanut products to young babies could prevent development of life-threatening allergies, new research finds the change has made a big difference in the real world.

Peanut allergies began to decline in the U.S. after guidance first issued in 2015 upended medical practice by recommending introducing the allergen to infants starting as early as 4 months. The rate of peanut allergies in children ages 0 to 3 fell by more than 27% after guidance for high-risk kids was first issued in 2015, and by more than 40% after the recommendations were expanded in 2017.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    So…

    You agree with me that the only people surprised, were ignorant of stuff that had been widely discussed for over a decade…

    What exactly is your issue here?

    You’re mad I said something you agreed with?

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      20 hours ago

      Your initial statement was pompous and dismissive of the thousands of physicians who have contributed to this medical guidance. It’s also dismissive of the reality that there are still infants who develop severe peanut allergies and for whom this method does not work, which is why high risk individuals should still only do this under medical supervision.

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        12 hours ago

        Your initial statement was pompous and dismissive of the thousands of physicians who have contributed to this medical guidance

        Why would you think they’re ignorant of this if they worked on it?

        Like, I’m starting to think all of this is because you don’t know what “ignorant” means and think it’s an insult and not literally the natural state…

        No one knows everything, and everyone’s ignorant of some stuff.

        That’s just life bro.

        But I’m glad I figured it out

        You were just ignorant of what ignorance means…

        Which is honestly pretty funny