The EAT Study: More food for thought on earlier introduction of solids to prevent food allergy

Would you offer your 3-month-old baby a taste of peanut butter? Hard-boiled egg? How about a little tilapia with tahini sauce? That’s exactly what parents did in a study published in May in The New England Journal of Medicine.1 The study found that early introduction to these foods might protect children from development of food allergies, but many parents had a difficult time following the study instructions.

The study, called the Enquiring About Tolerance (EAT) study, was conducted in the U...