ArticlePediatrics2014
Infant feeding practices and reported food allergies at 6 years of age.
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- Risk Factors for the Development of Food Allergy in Infants and Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA pediatrics · 2026Pooled it
- Breastfeeding and risk of food allergy and allergic rhinitis in offspring: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies.European journal of pediatrics · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of Early Diet on the Prevalence of Allergic Disease in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2024Pooled it
- Timing of Cow's Milk or Cow's Milk Formula Introduction to the Infant Diet and Atopic Risk in Children: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2020Pooled it
- Do Human Milk Oligosaccharides Protect Against Infant Atopic Disorders and Food Allergy?Nutrients · 2020Article
- Appropriate age range for introduction of complementary feeding into an infant's diet.EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2019Article
- Wheeze and Food Allergies in Children Born via Cesarean Delivery: The Upstate KIDS Study.American journal of epidemiology · 2019Article
- Human Breast Milk NMR Metabolomic Profile across Specific Geographical Locations and Its Association with the Milk Microbiota.Nutrients · 2018Article
- Retrospective observational cohort study regarding the effect of breastfeeding on challenge-proven food allergy.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2018Observational
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- Household environment, lifestyle behaviors, and dietary habits in relation to childhood atopic eczema in Shanghai, China.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2017Article
- Balancing Tolerance or Allergy to Food Proteins.Trends in immunology · 2016Review
- Food-Related Symptoms and Food Allergy in Swedish Children from Early Life to Adolescence.PloS one · 2016Article
- Gut Microbiome and the Development of Food Allergy and Allergic Disease.Pediatric clinics of North America · 2015Review
- Infant feeding and long-term outcomes: results from the year 6 follow-up of children in the Infant Feeding Practices Study II.Pediatrics · 2014Article
- Prevalence of self-reported food allergy in U.S. adults: 2001, 2006, and 2010.Allergy and asthma proceedingsArticle
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Abstract
objectiveThe goal of this study was to identify the frequency of physician-diagnosed food allergies among 6-year-old US children and study the impact of exclusive breastfeeding and complementary food introduction on this frequency.
methodsData were analyzed from children who participated in the Infant Feeding Practices Study II Year 6 Follow-Up Study (Y6FU). Children with probable food allergy (pFA) were defined as children with report of physician-diagnosed food allergy at age 6 years. Subgroups of pFA included children who were not diagnosed before 1 year of age (new pFA) and those with atopic risk factors (high risk).
resultsPrevalence of total pFA in the Y6FU was 6.34%. The majority of these children had new pFA and high-risk factors. Higher maternal education, higher family income, family history of food allergy, and reported eczema before 1 year of age were significantly associated with higher odds of total or new pFA. Exclusive breastfeeding duration and timing of complementary food introduction were not significantly associated with total pFA. However, exclusive breastfeeding of ≥4 months compared with no breastfeeding was marginally associated with lower odds of new pFA (adjusted odds ratio: 0.51; P = .07); this effect was not observed with high-risk children.
conclusionsAnalysis of infant and maternal variables in the Y6FU cohort of US children revealed that socioeconomic and atopic factors were the main predictors of pFA at age 6 years. Exclusive breastfeeding of ≥4 months may have a preventive effect on development of pFA after 1 year of age in non high-risk children.
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