Re: “Addendum guidelines for the prevention of peanut allergy in the United States: report of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases–sponsored expert panel”

The Learning Early About Peanut Allergy (LEAP) Study has shed light on a growing prevalence of allergy to peanuts. The trial concluded that early exposure to peanuts in a child's diet decreases the frequency of developing peanut allergy.1 Based on this trial and expert opinion, the new addendum guidelines2–4 help tailor the introduction of peanut into the diet of children who are at high risk of developing allergy. Although decreasing the incidence of severe peanut allergy is of significant importance, the public has to be equally aware of the danger of allowing the ingestion of solid peanuts in children younger than 2 years because of the risk of aspiration.

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