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Keywords: allergy diagnosis; atopic dermatitis; challenge tests; complementary feeding; food allergy; pediatrics; prevention; weaning EN allergy diagnosis atopic dermatitis challenge tests complementary feeding food allergy pediatrics prevention weaning 1592 1594 3 05/17/21 20210501 NES 210501 Oral tolerance induction (OTI) is the only RCT-proven effective intervention for preventing childhood food allergy.1,2 OTI to peanut is highly effective in a high-risk population with an 81% relative risk ration (RRR) to peanut allergy.3 OTI also reduced egg allergy in the general population in a per-protocol analysis.1 These published RCT findings have changed practice and many governmental and allergy societies now recommend introducing peanut in infancy; some suggest that other foods, such as well-cooked egg, are also introduced. Commencing multiple food OTI at 4 months of age has no detrimental effect on established breastfeeding.6,7 All children may adopt a diverse weaning diet,8 including allergenic foods such as well-cooked egg and peanut, as soon as weaning commences. Allergy diagnosis, atopic dermatitis, challenge tests, complementary feeding, food allergy, pediatrics, prevention, weaning. [Extracted from the article]