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.
I only see mention of NIAID guidelines published in 2010 that rightly indicated insufficient evidence for earlier guidelines in the US & UK. The only research conducted there was to observe a lack of supporting research.
The earlier guidelines weren’t evidence-based: they should never have been issued & should have been retracted as lacking evidence. Explanation.