EAACI position paper on diet diversity in pregnancy, infancy and childhood: Novel concepts and implications for studies in allergy and asthma
Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: To fully understand the role of diet diversity on allergy outcomes and to set standards for conducting research in this field, the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Task Force on Diet and Immunomodulation has systematically explored the association between diet diversity and allergy outcomes. In addition, a detailed narrative review of information on diet quality and diet patterns as they pertain to allergic outcomes is presented. Overall, we recommend that infants of any risk category for allergic disease should have a diverse diet, given no evidence of harm and some potential association of benefit in the prevention of particular allergic outcomes. In order to harmonize methods for future data collection and reporting, the task force members propose relevant definitions and important factors for consideration, when measuring diet diversity in the context of allergy. Consensus was achieved on practice points through the Delphi method. It is hoped that the definitions and considerations described herein will also enable better comparison of future studies and improve mechanistic studies and pathway analysis to understand how diet diversity modulates allergic outcomes.
Source: Allergy
DOI: 10.1111/all.14051
Authors: Carina Venter, Matthew Greenhawt, Rosan W. Meyer, Carlo Agostoni, Imke Reese, George du Toit, Mary Feeney, Kate Maslin, Bright I. Nwaru, Caroline Roduit, Eva Untersmayr, Berber Vlieg‐Boerstra, Isabella Pali‐Schöll, Graham C. Roberts, Peter Smith, Cezmi A. Akdis, Ioana Agache, Miriam Ben‐Adallah, Stephan Bischoff, Remo Frei, Holger Garn, Kate Grimshaw, Karin Hoffmann‐Sommergruber, Nonhlanhla Lunjani, Antonella Muraro, Lars K. Poulsen, Harald Renz, Milena Sokolowska, Catherine Stanton, Liam O'Mahony
Institutions: Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado Anschutz, University of Colorado Denver, Imperial College London, University of Milan, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, St Thomas' Hospital, King's College London, University of Plymouth, University of Gothenburg, CK-CARE, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Medical University of Vienna, OLVG, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, St Mary's Hospital, David Hide Asthma and Allergy Research Centre, University of Southampton, Griffith University, University of Zurich, Transilvania University of Brașov, University of Hohenheim, Philipps University of Marburg, German Center for Lung Research, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, University of Cape Town, University of Padua, Azienda Ospedale - Università Padova, Copenhagen University Hospital, Gentofte Hospital, Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority, National University of Ireland, APC Microbiome Institute
Language: English
Subfield: Immunology and Allergy
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2972344219