Hi everyone

This is a curious and, frankly, crazy study, conducted in the US, see 
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2011/08/30/peds.2011-0691 
which concludes "Black children were more likely to be sensitized to 
food allergens and were sensitized to more foods. African ancestry 
was associated with peanut sensitization."

Peanuts are a traditional food in many, many African societies and 
yet I have never known an African to be sensitive to them.  But guess 
what?  Babies are breastfed for years.  Could that be the confounding 
factor in this study?   Did the researchers control for feeding 
method in infancy?

Pamela Morrison IBCLC
Rustington, England, formerly Harare, Zimbabwe

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