Egg Allergies Among Children Fell After Earlier Introduction

Health guidelines in Australia in the 1990s and 2000s advised parents to avoid introducing allergenic foods such as eggs until children were at least one.

A meta-analysis of five randomized clinical trials previously concluded that children who ate eggs by six months of age were less likely to develop egg allergy. The Epoch Times/Shutterstock

Children were less likely to have egg allergies after health experts recommended introducing eggs earlier in life, according to a study published June 8.

Compared with 9.2 percent of children prior to the recommendation, just 7.6 percent of kids were allergic to eggs, researchers in Australia said in the study, which was published by JAMA Pediatrics.