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  • Pediatrics
  • Immunology
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Rising rates of food allergies and atopic disorders necessitate effective prevention strategies.
  • Key preventive measures include promoting breastfeeding, vaginal delivery, and judicious antibiotic use.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review current evidence on allergy prevention strategies for infants.
  • To identify effective interventions for reducing the incidence of food allergies and atopic conditions.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of studies on infant feeding, perinatal interventions, and allergy development.
  • Analysis of the impact of breastfeeding, hydrolyzed formulas, probiotics, prebiotics, and supplements on allergy prevention.

Main Results:

  • Breastfeeding promotes gut bifidobacteria, enhancing immune tolerance.
  • Partially or extensively hydrolyzed formulas may reduce cow's milk allergy and atopic dermatitis risk in high-risk infants.
  • Soy formula, amino acid-based formula, probiotics, and prebiotics show no proven benefit for preventing food or respiratory allergies.

Conclusions:

  • Breastfeeding is crucial for infant immune development and allergy prevention.
  • Hydrolyzed formulas offer a potential alternative for specific high-risk infants.
  • Further research is needed on vitamin D's role in allergy development.