Unlike the conclusions of the revised Cochrane review the export group set up by the Section on Paediatrics , European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology ( SP-EAACI ) do not find that the exclusion of the four trials dem and s a change of the previous recommendations regarding primary dietary prevention of allergic diseases .
Based on analysis of published peer- review ed observational and interventional studies the results still indicate that breastfeeding is highly recommended for all infants irrespective of atopic heredity .
A dietary regimen is effective in the prevention of allergic diseases in high-risk infants , particularly in early infancy regarding food allergy and eczema .
The most effective dietary regimen is exclusively breastfeeding for at least 4 - 6 months or , in absence of breast milk , formulas with documented reduced allergenicity for at least the first 4 months , combined with avoidance of solid food and cow 's milk for the first 4 months
Infant feeding, wheezing, and allergy: a prospective study.
The determinants of wheezing and allergy were investigated in 453 children with a family history of allergic disease . A r and omised controlled trial examined the effects of withholding cows ' milk protein during the first three months of life and replacing cows ' milk with soya milk . The children were followed up to the age of 7 years . Withholding cows ' milk did not reduce the incidence of allergy or wheezing . Children who had ever been breast fed had a lower incidence of wheeze than those who had not ( 59 % and 74 % respectively ) . The effect persisted to age 7 years in the non-atopics only , the risk of wheeze being halved in the breast fed children after allowing for employment status , sex passive smoking , and overcrowding . Allergic disease was not associated with exposure to tobacco smoke , house dust mite antigen , or cats . Breast feeding may confer long term protection against respiratory infection
Unlike the conclusions of the revised Cochrane review the export group set up by the Section on Paediatrics , European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology ( SP-EAACI ) do not find that the exclusion of the four trials dem and s a change of the previous recommendations regarding primary dietary prevention of allergic diseases .
Based on analysis of published peer- review ed observational and interventional studies the results still indicate that breastfeeding is highly recommended for all infants irrespective of atopic heredity .
A dietary regimen is effective in the prevention of allergic diseases in high-risk infants , particularly in early infancy regarding food allergy and eczema .
The most effective dietary regimen is exclusively breastfeeding for at least 4 - 6 months or , in absence of breast milk , formulas with documented reduced allergenicity for at least the first 4 months , combined with avoidance of solid food and cow 's milk for the first 4 months