Allergies: Living with Dogs or Cats Can Result in Fewer Food Allergies in Young Children, finds a Study
According to a study by Hisao Okabe from the Fukushima Regional Centre for the Japan Environment and Children’s Study, Japan, and colleagues published on March 29, 2023 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, children who were exposed to indoor cats or dogs during foetal development or early infancy tended to have fewer food allergies than other children. In certain high-income nations, more than one in ten children have been identified as having food allergies, and this number is steadily increasing. Previous studies have revealed a possible connection between exposure to farm or dog animals during pregnancy and early children and a decrease in food allergies . Research process In this study, Okabe and colleagues examined 66,215 kids for whom information on exposure to different pets and food allergies was available. They did this by using data from the Japan Environment and Children’s Study, a large-scale prospective birth cohort study. During the foetal period, about 22 percent ...