What are the beliefs of pediatricians and dietitians regarding complementary food introduction to prevent allergy?

Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology

Sara Leo¹  John Dean¹  Edmond S Chan¹ 

[1] BC Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy, Room 1C31B - 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC V6H 3 V4, Canada

关键词: Dietary advice;    Prevention;    Survey;    Children;    Food allergy;   

Others  :  792514
DOI  :  10.1186/1710-1492-8-3

 received in 2011-12-23, accepted in 2012-03-21,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Background

The timing of complementary food introduction is controversial. Providing information on the timing of dietary introduction is crucial to the primary prevention of food allergy. The American Academy of Pediatrics offers dietary recommendations that were updated in 2008.

Objective

Identify the recommendations that general pediatricians and registered dietitians provide to parents and delineate any differences in counselling.

Methods

A 9-item survey was distributed to pediatricians and dietitians online and by mail. Information on practitioner type, gender, length of practice and specific recommendations regarding complementary food introduction and exposure was collected.

Results

181 surveys were returned with a 54% response rate from pediatricians. It was not possible to calculate a meaningful dietitian response rate due to overlapping email databases. 52.5% of all respondents were pediatricians and 45.9% were dietitians. The majority of pediatricians and dietitians advise mothers that peanut abstinence during pregnancy and lactation is unnecessary. Dietitians were more likely to counsel mothers to breastfeed their infants to prevent development of atopic dermatitis than pediatricians. Hydrolyzed formulas for infants at risk of developing allergy were the top choice of formula amongst both practitioners. For food allergy prevention, pediatricians were more likely to recommend delayed introduction of peanut and egg, while most dietitians recommended no delay in allergenic food introduction.

Conclusions

In the prophylaxis of food allergy, pediatricians are less aware than dietitians of the current recommendation that there is no benefit in delaying allergenic food introduction beyond 4 to 6 months. More dietitians than pediatricians believe that breastfeeding decreases the risk of atopic dermatitis. Practitioners may benefit from increased awareness of current guidelines.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Leo et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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