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Advice to feed babies peanuts early and often helped 60,000 kids avoid allergies, study finds

JONEL ALECCIA Associated Press
Oct 20, 2025
Oct 20, 2025 Updated Jan 6, 2026

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A decade after a landmark study proved that feeding peanut products to young babies could prevent development of life-threatening allergies, new research finds the change has made a big difference in the real world.

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