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A 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-cont
by dragonwriter 1y ago
A 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...