Allergic Disease - High Risk Infant

Pathway Contributor: Naomi Cahill

Bio:
Naomi Cahill is a registered dietitian with 15 years experience in clinical, community, academic and non-profit settings. She recently completed her Doctorate in Epidemiology at Queens University, Kingston, ON Canada. Her research program focuses on knowledge translation through overcoming barriers to guideline implementation. In her role as a Project Leader at the Clinical Evaluation Research Unit, Naomi has led several international, multicentre studies including the International Nutrition Survey, an annual audit of nutrition practices in critically ill patients. Naomi is currently a Sessional Instructor at Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB Canada.

Contributions:

• What infant feeding formulas contribute to risk reduction for allergic diseases, including food allergy and eczema, among infants at high risk for allergy?  

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• Do infants and children with a parental history of allergy who are exclusively breastfed and whose mothers avoid common allergenic foods during breastfeeding have a reduced incidence of allergy as compared to infants whose mothers do not restrict their diets?  

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• Do infants with a parental history of allergy have a reduced incidence of allergy if their mothers avoid common allergenic foods during pregnancy as compared to infants of mothers who do not restrict their diets during pregnancy?  

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• Does a history of maternal atopy predict a higher risk for the development of allergy in infants and children as compared to a paternal history of atopy?  

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• Among infants with parental history of allergy, does a combination of maternal avoidance of common allergenic foods during breastfeeding, infant feeding with hydrolyzed formula, delayed introduction of common allergenic foods and a house dust mite reduction program decrease the incidence of allergy as compared to infant-mother pairs who do not adhere to these interventions?  

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• Does the early introduction of common allergenic complementary foods in an infant’s diet decrease the risk of food allergy?  

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• Among term infants and children with a parental history of allergy, does breastfeeding reduce the incidence of allergy?  

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