I have emailed with one of the authors of this study.
 
"I heard about your study on infant feeding and nut allergy on the news and read the paper this morning. I wondered if you realised how startlingly high the rates of exclusive breastfeeding to 6 months that you found were? I estimate that the children in your study were born between 2001 and 2004. Until the end of 2003 the recommended feeding practice in Australia was 4 months of exclusive breastfeeding. An ABS survey in 2001 found no infants exclusively breastfed to 6 months. Since 2003 promotion of 6 month of exclusive breastfeeding has resulted in an increase in rates to only 15% nationally." 

Even after many emails back and forth he could not understand that it was impossible that they had an exclusive breastfeeding rate for 6 months of 35%.
The numbers are dodgy and the conclusions unreliable.

This would have to be the most easily rebutted paper ever, you really can't draw any conclusions from it.

Karleen Gribble
Australia

On 20/10/2012, at 12:17 AM, Meema Spadola wrote:

> Hello All:
> 
> I recall seeing a few posts here re: the Australian National University
> study this past summer: http://news.anu.edu.au/?p=15931 They report: "Children
> who are solely breast fed in the first six months of life are at an
> increased risk of developing a nut allergy..."
> 
> A student in my BF class asked about this and I'm now looking for good
> articles, analysis, rebuttal of this study. Anyone have a good source?
> Googling turns up a lot of random commentary-- I'm looking for something
> really solid.
> 
> Thanks in advance!,
> Meema
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