TY - JOUR T1 - Having your cake and EATing it too: early timing of multiple allergen introduction does not increase the risk of developing food allergy in standard risk, breastfed infants JF - Evidence Based Medicine JO - Evid Based Med SP - 60 LP - 60 DO - 10.1136/ebmed-2016-110488 VL - 22 IS - 2 AU - Matthew Greenhawt AU - Carina Venter Y1 - 2017/04/01 UR - http://ebm.bmj.com/content/22/2/60.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Perkin MR, Logan K, Tseng A, et al. EAT Study Team. Randomized trial of introduction of allergenic foods in breast-fed infants. N Engl J Med 2016;374:1733–43.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedFood allergy is a chronic public health problem affecting as many as 8–10% of children and has no present cure or treatment.1 Though delayed allergen introduction was formerly recommended that children with a family history of atopy, this strategy was later retracted given no evidence that this approach was of benefit.2 ,3 Recently, more data have emerged supporting a protective association between early allergen introduction and a reduced risk of developing food allergy in high-risk infants, but not in standard-risk children.4To address this question, Perkin et … ER -