title: [Prevention of allergy is both useful and necessary].
abstract: Refraining from smoking during pregnancy and giving exclusively breast feeding for 4-6 months reduce the chance of allergic manifestations during the first 6 years of life and possibly longer. Hypoallergenic baby foods have a comparable effect on food allergy and atopic eczema, but their long-term effects remain uncertain. The prevention of allergy is therefore both possible and useful.
authors.affiliation: VU Medisch Centrum, afd Kindergeneeskunde, Amsterdam. cmf.kneepkens@vumc.nl
authors.forename: C M F
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Kneepkens
mesh_terms: D001942:Breast Feeding; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011322:Primary Prevention; D012307:Risk Factors; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution