Subjects:
Focus on Subspecialties
Topics:
food, food allergy, hypersensitivity, primary prevention, supplementary feeding

Primary prevention of allergy, which refers to blocking initial immunologic sensitization, may help reduce the burden of the rising prevalence of allergic diseases, including food allergy, asthma and atopic dermatitis.

In the inaugural issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, recommendations based on current literature and expert opinion are presented for the primary prevention of allergic disease through nutritional interventions (Fleischer DM, et al. 2013;1:29-36, www.jaci-inpractice.org/article/S2213-2198(12)00014-1/fulltext).

Guidelines outline how and when to introduce highly allergenic foods, including cow’s milk, egg, soy, wheat, peanut, tree nuts, fish and shellfish, to help infants avoid food allergy.

For the first time, specific guidelines are outlined for how and when to introduce highly allergenic foods, including cow’s milk, egg, soy, wheat, peanut, tree nuts, fish and shellfish. In addition, detailed reasons to consider allergy consultation for development of a personalized plan for complementary food introduction are offered. These...

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