Parental concerns of allergy or hypersensitivity and the infant's diet.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To investigate a possible association between children's current diet and parents' reported avoidance of appropriate foods in the child's diet at the age of 10 months, due to fears of allergic or hypersensitivity reactions.

Design

A cross-sectional study.

Methods

In 10 randomly selected municipalities willing to participate, 686 children represented by their parents visiting the child health centre were enrolled in the study. From January 2015-January 2017, 440 (64%) parents completed a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire concerning their child.

Results

Thirty-four percent of parents reported that they avoided introducing some food items due to fears of allergy or hypersensitivity in their child. A statistically significant relationship emerged b

SUBMITTER: Holmberg Fagerlund B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6279714 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature