Food Allergies - Low Risk Infant

Pathway Contributor: Dawna Royall

Credentials:
FDC, MSc, RD

Bio:
Dawna Royall is a Senior Evidence Analyst for PEN® and is the Editor of the Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research. She is also a contract research consultant for the University of Guelph with research interests that focus on improving the effectiveness of nutrition services in primary care. She completed her undergraduate degree in nutrition at the University of Manitoba, a Dietetic Internship at Kingston General Hospital and an MSc in Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto. She has worked as a clinical dietitian and a research coordinator.

Contributions:

• Among healthy term infants at low risk of developing food allergy, does delaying the introduction of common allergenic foods (cow's milk, egg, peanut, tree nuts, wheat, soy, seafood) until after six months of age or later, decrease the risk of developing food allergies?  

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• Among healthy term infants at low risk of developing food allergy, does delaying the introduction of common allergenic foods (cow's milk, egg, peanut, tree nuts, wheat, soy, seafood) until after six months of age or later, decrease the risk of developing food allergies?  

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• Among healthy term infants under the age of six months of age without parental history of allergy, does feeding cow's milk-based infant formula increase the risk of developing food allergies compared to feeding breastmilk?  

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• Among preterm infants under the age of six months (adjusted) without parental history of allergy, does feeding cow's milk-based infant formula increase the risk of developing food allergy compared to breastmilk (with or without fortification)?  

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• Among low birth weight infants without parental history of allergy, does feeding cow's milk-based infant formula when compared to exclusive breastfeeding increase the risk of developing allergic disease?  

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• Among infants under the age of six months of age without parental history of allergy, does feeding a hydrolysate formula decrease the risk of developing allergic disease as compared to feeding a cow's milk-based infant formula?  

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• Among infants under the age of six months, without parental history of allergy, does feeding soy protein-based infant formula decrease the risk of developing allergic disease compared to feeding breastmilk or cow's milk-based infant formula?  

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• Among healthy term infants without parental history of allergy, does exclusive breastfeeding for either three or six months reduce the incidence of allergy?  

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• Food Allergy - Low Risk Infant Background

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