My son suffers from terrible allergies and I wonder if it has to do with his birth weight. He weighed over 9 pounds when he was born. A study published by Dr. Kathy Gatford from the University of Adelaide’s Robinson Research Institute (Australia) concluded that big babies are at increased risk of allergy. It seems that genetics alone does not explain the risk of developing allergies. That would include childhood food allergy or eczema, but not hay fever.
Dr. Gatford says that environmental exposures before and around birth can program individuals to increased or decreased risk of allergies. Published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, the researchers analyzed studies that included over 2.1 million people affected by allergic dermatitis, commonly known as eczema, nearly 70,000 people affected by food allergies, and over 100,000 people with allergic rhinitis or hay fever. Most of the studies were in children from developed countries and most were European.
I really would be interested in learning more since it really correlates with my situation. My son suffers terribly from allergies.
I’ve never heard of that. It seems so strange that a baby’s weight would be associated with allergies