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Texture, size of any food should be age appropriate to prevent choking. Parents of babies at high risk of developing allergies are now officially advised to offer foods such as peanut butter, milk and eggs at about six months of age, the Canadian Paediatric Society says, adding that babies who are ready for food sooner can start as young as four months. Read more Keep Reading >>
Please check out our UNC Feeding Team Post about EoE. Although a rare diagnosis, the number of children diagnosed with Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) is increasing. In the United States, approximately 10-50 children out of every 10,000 are being diagnosed per year. Because there are cases when difficulty eating is the first sign of EoE, we asked our colleague and expert in EoE, Dr. Sabina Mir, to Keep Reading >>
Differentiating milk allergy (IgE and non-IgE mediated) from lactose intolerance: understanding the underlying mechanisms and presentations by Joanne Walsh, Rosan Meyer, Neil Shah, James Quekett, and Adam Fox. Children with food allergy and, in particular, infants with suspected adverse reactions to cow’s milk, commonly present to primary care. It is thought that 6–8% of children aged <3 Keep Reading >>
Peanut allergy cured in majority of children in immunotherapy trial Australian researchers have made a breakthrough in the treatment of peanut allergy in children. A small clinical trial conducted at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute has led to two-thirds of children treated with an experimental immunotherapy treatment being cured of their allergy. Importantly, this desensitisation Keep Reading >>
Internationally renowned pediatric food allergy expert, Dr. Wesley Burks, chief physician of N.C. Children’s Hospital and chair of the UNC Department of Pediatrics, sat down for an insightful interview exploring the facts and myths of childhood food allergies. Q: Is the “explosion” in childhood food allergies a real phenomenon or is there simply a perception that food allergies are on the Keep Reading >>