date:Aug 01, 2012
he studys author and Professor of General Practice at the ANU Medical School.
The likelihood of developing a nut allergy was 1.5 times higher in children who were solely breast fed in the first six months of life, than in children who were exposed to other foods and fluids, the study said.
Our results contribute to the argument that breast feeding alone does not appear to be protective against nut allergy in children it may, in fact, be causative of allergy,Kljakovic said.
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