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Connections: Can You Prevent Food Allergies?

A major new study finds that infants and toddlers who consumed peanuts in their first years of life were far less likely to develop peanut allergies than children who avoided peanuts. This prompts new ideas about whether infants should be kept away from certain foods. What can we learn from this? We ask our guests:

Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.