Profese online 2016, 9(1):17-22 | DOI: 10.5507/pol.2016.003

Positive allergic history as a determinant the introduction of potentially allergenic foods into the diet of infants

Slávka Mrosková, Anna Eliašová, Dagmar Magurová
Katedra ošetrovateľstva, Fakulta zdravotníckych odborov, Prešovská univerzita v Prešove, Slovenská republika

Background: In 2008, several international associations presented the new nutritional recommendations for the prevention of allergic diseases. The changes in the recommendations are concerned the length of breastfeeding, the age of the integration of first weaning food and the introduction of potentially allergenic foods into the infant diet.

Aim: The goal of the research was to assess the effect of family history of allergy to introduce first weaning food and potentially allergenic foods into the infant diet.

Methods: In the period October 2011 to April 2012, we performed the cross-sectional study in 405 Slovak mothers. The children of the respondents were grouped in two categories: children with allergic predisposition and children without allergic predisposition. We used Mann-Whithey test and logistic regression.

Results: The age of the integration the first weaning food was not different with respect to allergic predisposition of children. Citrus fruit, the fish, egg white, yogurt, cheese, cottage cheese, and cow's milk were integrated statistically sooner in children without allergic predisposition, while kefir milk statistically sooner in children with allergic predisposition.

Conclusions: Despite the existence of new preventive recommendations, the mothers introduced of potentially allergenic foods by old recommendations. It is therefore necessary to raise awareness of carers of children about new nutritional preventive procedures.

Keywords: allergic predisposition, weaning food, infant, potentially allergenic foods

Published: April 2016  Show citation

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Mrosková, S., Eliašová, A., & Magurová, D. (2016). Positive allergic history as a determinant the introduction of potentially allergenic foods into the diet of infants. Profese Online, 9(1), 17-22. doi: 10.5507/pol.2016.003
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