Feeding Peanuts To Kids May Prevent Allergies

Children with a high risk of developing life-threatening peanut allergies can be protected if given foods containing them when they are babies, according to new research. Almost one in 50 children is allergic to peanuts, double the rate of ten years ago, and the condition kills more people than any other food allergy. The Learning Early About Peanut Allergy study led by Professor Gideon Lack of King's College London involved 640 children who were considered at high risk of developing peanut