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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rhiannon James

Greater focus on allergy prevention by NHS needed to protect children – MP

A study by King’s College London in 2024 found regularly feeding children peanuts from infancy until the age of five reduced the rate of peanut allergy by 71% (Katie Collins/PA) - (PA Archive)

The NHS should place greater focus on allergy prevention so more children can live safer, healthier lives, an MP has said.

Labour’s Becky Gittins is pressing the Government to review advice which recommends babies are weaned earlier if they show signs of developing an allergy.

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