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Article: Advice to mothers on nut allergies is totally incorrect; Growing problem: Up to 16,000 Irish children may suffer peanut allergy.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- September 20, 2007
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Byline: KIRSTY WALKER
IRELAND's allergy epidemic is being fuelled by Governmentadvicethat tells mothers to shield their babies from peanut products,a major report will warn next week.
Compelling new evidence suggests they may be inadvertently doing more harm thangood by not eating peanuts during pregnancy and avoiding giving them to youngchildren.
The explosive findings follow a series of authoritative new studies showingthat allergy rates are low or nonexistent in countries where babies are weanedon peanuts.
Incontrast,Irelandhaswitnessed an explosion in childhood allergies in the past decade with up to16,000 children experiencing ...