EXCITING NEWS FOR FAMILIES FROM FOOD ALLERGY INSTITUTE OF NORTH TEXAS

I was so excited to see this article published in Pediatrics, confirming that what allergists and pediatricians have been doing over the past few years is truly making a difference. Our collective efforts — including those here at Family Allergy & Asthma Care (FAAC) — are helping prevent peanut and other food allergies in children across the country.

The study, titled “Guidelines for Early Food Introduction and Patterns of Food Allergy,” examined real-world data from thousands of U.S. children before and after national guidelines began encouraging early introduction of peanut-containing foods (around 4–6 months of age).

Here’s what they found:
       “The prevalence of peanut allergy decreased from 0.79% to 0.45%, and the prevalence            of any IgE-mediated food allergy decreased from 1.46% to 0.93% after publication of             the early introduction guidelines.”
        — Pediatrics, October 2025 (doi: 10.1542/peds.2024-070516)

That means not only are fewer children developing peanut allergy, but the overall number of children with any food allergy is also going down. In other words, early introduction is protecting more children from food allergies of all kinds — not just peanuts.