Early introduction of foods into infant weaning diets to induce oral tolerance and prevent food allergies.

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/476802

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Food allergies can be life threatening, and with no treatment, prevention is crucial. Traditional advice for babies whose parents have allergies has been to delay the introduction of allergy causing foods. However, recent research has questioned this approach. In this study I plan to investigate whether the early introduction of fish and eggs in the weaning diet can reduce the incidence of allergy. The results will be crucial to determine the best approach to reduce the risk of food allergy.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 01-01-2011

Funding Scheme: Early Career Fellowships

Funding Amount: $143,660.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Nutrition And Dietetics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

allergy | immunological tolerance | infant nutrition | multicentre | randomised controlled trial

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