Study finds peanut allergies fell after parents were advised to give peanut products to infants

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published October 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM PDT

A new study in the Journal of Pediatrics finds that after doctors began advising parents to introduce peanut products to young infants, rates of peanut allergies fell significantly.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Dr. Ruchi Gupta, a professor of pediatrics and medicine at Northwestern University. She’s an expert in children’s allergies.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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