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That kind of assumes they are sheltering kids, but to be honest peanuts aren't really that common a food, certainly not in foods you would commonly give a four
by bawolff 1y ago
That kind of assumes they are sheltering kids, but to be honest peanuts aren't really that common a food, certainly not in foods you would commonly give a four month year old child.
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- WillPostForFood 1y agoPeanut butter?
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- leipert 1y agoReally depends where you are. Here in Germany you probably would have Nutella rather than peanut butter.
- SideburnsOfDoom 1y agoPeanut Butter is not a very common food, except in the USA.
- dragonwriter 1y agoA big reason that the effect of avoidance was hypothesized and the studied and nailed down is because (even when avoidance became common in the US), peanut-contain snacks were (presumably, still are, it wasn't that long ago) a very common food for very young kids in Israel.
- SideburnsOfDoom 1y agoYes, there are some counterexamples. Bamba (peanut-butter-flavored puffed maize) in Israel is one, worth studying as it is commonly given to very young kids. But generally speaking, the USA is an outlier on the prevalence of Peanut Butter specifically, and to a lesser extent peanuts in general.
- jdietrich 1y agoThe popularity of the Bamba peanut snack has a huge impact on peanut allergies - plausibly a 10x reduction when comparing similar populations. https://www.jacionline.org/article/S0091-6749(08)01698-9/fulltext https://www.jacionline.org/article/S0091-6749(08)01698-9/ful...
- jamesrcole 1y agoit's common in Australia
- ascorbic 1y agoUK too. And roasted peanuts.
- SideburnsOfDoom 1y agoPeanut Butter is not as common in UK as it is in USA. source: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/charted-peanut-butter-consumption-per-capita-by-country/ https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/charted-peanut-butter-co... yes, there were some surprises to me there. I suspect that it's a cooking ingredient in Satay sauce for the top countries. Not on e.g. sandwiches as in the USA. But the UK is not the same in USA.
- ascorbic 1y agoYou said "Peanut Butter is not a very common food, except in the USA", and my comment was an anecdotal point that it's a common food in the UK too. That chart doesn't contradict that. I'd imagine most households with children have some in their cupboard. If you scroll down you'll see they do give context about the African countries. They're major peanut producers, and it's used in a lot of traditional cuisine.
- bawolff 1y agoDo people give their 6 month olds peanut butter? I'd worry it would be a choking hazard for a child that young.
- Auracle 1y agoWe sure did. Just a little on those dissolving puffs or whatever to start. Once our kids could eat (cut up) toast they had it almost every morning.
- forgotoldacc 1y agoIn America and much of Asia, peanuts are incredibly common. This is like an Indian person saying beef isn't a common food. In your country, sure. The rest of the world? No. Infants in SE Asia are probably getting near daily exposure to peanuts.
- bawolff 1y ago[According to google] My country has a per capita peanut consumption of 1.4 kg per person per year vs america's 2 kg. So not that different. I still maintain its mostly in foods people don't generally give to toddlers. People may give a PB & J to a 5 year old, but they don't generally feed that to a 6 month toddler. Not because they are protecting them from peanuts but because generally people dont give sandwiches to toddlers.