title: Can we prevent food allergy by manipulating the timing of food exposure?
abstract: Prevention of food allergies by maternal and infant feeding practices serves as a simple, inexpensive approach to address the growing number of subjects with food allergies in comparison with any emerging interventional therapies for existing food allergies, such as oral immunotherapy. This article provides a careful evaluation of the rationale and existing data on the effect of timing of the introduction of food allergens (during pregnancy, lactation, and early childhood) on the development of specific food allergies.
authors.affiliation: Division of Allergy and Immunology and Center for Immunology and Microbial Diseases, Albany Medical College, 47 New Scotland Avenue MC # 151, Albany, NY 12208, USA. jarvink@mail.amc.edu
authors.forename: Kirsi M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Järvinen
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Fleischer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D021181:Egg Hypersensitivity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005502:Food / Q000009:adverse effects; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D016269:Milk Hypersensitivity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D021183:Peanut Hypersensitivity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D011247:Pregnancy; D012882:Skin Tests
chemical_list: D007073:Immunoglobulin E