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(The New Scotsman)  INFANTS whose families eat lots of peanuts may be at greater risk of developing allergies to them, according to new research.

Average weekly household peanut consumption was significantly higher in families of children under one year old who later became peanut-allergic, a study for the Food Standards Agency found .

Exposure to peanuts through the skin or via inhalation might be a "significant factor" in allergy development, researchers said.

The FSA said very low household consumption may even protect children with egg allergies from becoming allergic to peanuts.

Researchers from Imperial College London found that average weekly household peanut consumption was significantly higher, at 77.2g, in families of children who became peanut-allergic.

This compared to household consumption of 29.1g per week among families of children with no allergies.

In those households where children had an egg allergy but no peanut allergy the average weekly household consumption was lower still, at 8.1g. "This relationship was found to be independent of the child's own level of consumption of peanuts," the FSA's research said.

"These results suggest that higher environmental exposure to peanuts during early life in the families of those children who went on to develop peanut allergy, may have promoted the development of peanut allergy," the summary concluded.

Results were based on 133 children with peanut allergies, 150 with no food allergies, and 160 with egg allergies – the last included bec-ause they are at high risk of developing peanut allergies.

Source: The New Scotsman
Author: LOUISE BARNETT