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273 - Why Do Kids Get Food Allergies?
Ep. 273
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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
CREDITS:
Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong
Booking - September McCrady
THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen
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