Egg allergy prevalence falls after earlier introduction advice

The prevalence of egg allergy in Australian infants fell after an allergy prevention guideline update recommended earlier egg introduction, according to results published in JAMA Pediatrics.
“After adjusting for differences in population demographics to enable meaningful comparison, we estimated a relative decline in egg allergy of 17.7% after the guideline change,” Jennifer J. Koplin, PhD, principal research fellow in the Child Health Research Centre at The University of Queensland, and colleagues wrote.
In a cross-sectional study, Koplin and colleagues evaluated 5,276 infants from an
