New Advice on Preventing Food Allergies

The nation’s largest group of children’s doctors has changed its advice on preventing food allergies in babies. It now says there’s no good evidence that pregnant women should avoid certain foods. Using soy formula also doesn’t prevent allergies. Nor does it help to delay solid foods beyond six months. That’s the latest word from the American Academy of Pediatrics. The new report reverses advice from 2000. The group says breastfeeding does help to prevent allergies. The new guidelines are in the January issue of the journal Pediatrics. The Associated Press wrote about it January 7.