←back to thread

60k kids have avoided peanut allergies due to 2015 advice, study finds

(www.cbsnews.com)
349 points zdw | 2 comments | 21 Oct 25 03:53 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
Show context
forgotoldacc ◴[21 Oct 25 05:20 UTC] No.45652698[source]▶
There was a period of a few decades (I guess still ongoing, really) where parents sheltered their kids from everything. Playing in the dirt, peanuts, other allergens. It seems like all it's done is make people more vulnerable as adults. People assume babies are super fragile and delicate, and in many ways they are, but they also bounce back quickly.

Maybe part of it is a consequence of the risks of honey, which can actually spawn camp infants with botulism. But it seems that fear spread to everything.

replies(15): >>45652771 #>>45652783 #>>45652794 #>>45652797 #>>45652805 #>>45652895 #>>45652915 #>>45652932 #>>45652940 #>>45653026 #>>45653220 #>>45653240 #>>45653724 #>>45654155 #>>45664493 #
bawolff ◴[21 Oct 25 05:37 UTC] No.45652805[source]▶
That kind of assumes they are sheltering kids, but to be honest peanuts aren't really that common a food, certainly not in foods you would commonly give a four month year old child.
replies(3): >>45652863 #>>45652923 #>>45653337 #
1. forgotoldacc ◴[21 Oct 25 07:24 UTC] No.45653337[source]▶
In America and much of Asia, peanuts are incredibly common. This is like an Indian person saying beef isn't a common food. In your country, sure. The rest of the world? No.

Infants in SE Asia are probably getting near daily exposure to peanuts.

replies(1): >>45661249 #
2. bawolff ◴[21 Oct 25 20:27 UTC] No.45661249[source]▶
[According to google] My country has a per capita peanut consumption of 1.4 kg per person per year vs america's 2 kg. So not that different.

I still maintain its mostly in foods people don't generally give to toddlers. People may give a PB & J to a 5 year old, but they don't generally feed that to a 6 month toddler. Not because they are protecting them from peanuts but because generally people dont give sandwiches to toddlers.