Allergy Asthma Respir Dis AARD Allergy, Asthma & Respiratory Disease 2288-0402 2288-0410 The Korean Academy of Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease; The Korean Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology 10.4168/aard.2015.3.5.320 Review Prevention of food allergy in infants: recommendation for infant feeding and complementary food introduction Song Tae Won 1 http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7751-9829 Ahn Kangmo 2 http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1734-4101 Lee Soo-Young 3 Department of Pediatrics, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea. Department of Pediatrics, Environmental Health Center for Atopic diseases, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. Department of Pediatrics, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea. Correspondence to: Soo-Young Lee. Department of Pediatrics, Ajou University School of Medicine, 206 World cup-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon 16499, Korea. Tel: +82-31-219-5160, Fax: +82-31-219-5169, jsjs87@ajou.ac.kr Co-correspondence to: Kangmo Ahn. Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06351, Korea. Tel: +82-2-3410-3539, Fax: +82-2-3410-0043, kmaped@skku.edu 09 2015 30 09 2015 3 5 320 325 10 09 2015 13 09 2015 19 09 2015 © 2015 The Korean Academy of Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease; The Korean Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2015 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/).

Food allergy is common with the prevalence of 5%-7% in Korean children. The development of food allergy is likely to reflect interactions between genetic factors and environmental exposure. To prevent food allergy, early exposure to food allergens through maternal and infant diet have been investigated. Recently, guidelines for primary prevention of food allergy have been updated, and consensus communication on early peanut introduction has been demonstrated. For the first 4-6 months after birth, exclusive breast-feeding is recommended, and if impossible, extensively or partially hydrolyzed infant formula can be recommended in high-risk infants. Introducing complementary foods is recommended between 4 and 6 months of age, even in case of potentially allergenic foods such as egg, milk, and wheat. For the prevention of peanut allergy, early peanut introduction could be better than late peanut introduction in selected high-risk infants. However, infants who developed food allergy should avoid ingestion of specific offending foods.

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This work was supported by Grant from Inje University, 2009.

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