Enquiring About Tolerance (EAT) Study – results announced – 4th March 2016

We welcome this important and exciting study as a great step towards reducing the risk of developing food allergies and look forward to follow up studies that we hope will consolidate the results and lead to more accurate Government infant feeding advice for parents.

Read the full paper here.

In the meantime it is important to continue to follow existing Government advice and discuss any questions or concerns you may have with your treating doctor, health visitor or allergy specialist.”

The key positive points of the study as we see it are:

When all of the participants originally recruited to the study (including those who did not adhere strictly to the study protocol) were included, the results were not significant. However,

• the early introduction of allergenic foods was found to be safe, with no cases of anaphylaxis during the initial introduction of the foods and no adverse effects on breast-feeding or growth.
• in those that adhered strictly to the study protocol by eating the recommended amounts of allergenic foods there was a significant 67% lower relative risk of food allergy overall in the early-introduction group.
• In those that adhered strictly to the study protocol by eating the recommended amounts of allergenic foods, significantly lower relative risks of peanut allergy and egg allergy were observed in the early introduction group than in the standard-introduction group.

For more information about the Eat study and all the teams involved visit the following link: http://www.eatstudy.co.uk/study-team/