Does C-section delivery increase the likelihood of food allergies?

Scientists have supposed that this might interfere with the proper development of a newborn’s immune system.Medical News Today spoke to Dr. Danelle Fisher, pediatrician and Chair of Pediatrics at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, CA, who was not involved in the research, about the implications of these findings.Dr. Fisher said that a C-section versus vaginal birth has not been a major consideration for her in dealing with children’s food allergies.“It is interesting as we are learning more about this microbiome in the gut and how it can affect the babies. At six years, 3.1% of the children had peanut allergies and 1.2% had egg allergies.“Among infants with [confirmed] food allergy at 1 year, most egg allergy (90%) and nearly one-third of peanut allergy (29%) naturally resolve by age 6,” the researchers concluded.MNT discussed these findings with Dr. Daniel Ganjian, a pediatrician at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, CA, who was also not involved in the research.Dr. Ganjian praised the study for providing more precise data and percentages of allergy resolutions in children.