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273 - Why Do Kids Get Food Allergies?

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On today’s episode: Could long COVID be caused by reviving latent infections? Food allergies in children have been decreasing… but why? All that and more today on All Around Science...

RESOURCES Could Hidden Infections Be Fueling Long COVID? | Rutgers University. Guidelines for Early Food Introduction and Patterns of Food Allergy | American Academy of Pediatrics Randomized Trial of Peanut Consumption in Infants at Risk for Peanut Allergy | NEJM Common loss-of-function variants of the epidermal barrier protein filaggrin are a major predisposing factor for atopic dermatitis | Nature Genetics Early Peanut Exposure May Explain Fall in Child Allergies—But Is It Safe? | Newsweek Food Allergy Management and Prevention Support Tool for Infants and Toddlers Advice to feed babies peanuts early and often helped thousands of kids avoid allergies | PBS

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