The effect of the diet on the prevalence of allergies in children

Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové Department of Biological and Medical Sciences Student: Alexandra Machová Supervisor: PharmDr. Petr Jílek, CSc. Title of diploma thesis: The effect of the diet on the prevalence of allergies in children BACKGROUND: The aim of our work was to investigate a connection between child's nutrition and development of allergy and to confront our results with recent findings in this field of science. METHODS: We distributed 2793 self-made questionnaires to 69 schools all around the Czech Republic. The target group were children in 7th and 8th grade and their parents who responded retrospectively on a wide variety of topics. We got back 1697 questionnaires RESULTS: Consumption of this food had a negative effect on a development of allergy: yoghurts 2 - 5 times per week while breastfeeding (p < 0,05), fish less than once a week while breastfeeding (p < 0,05), meat and smoked meat 1 - 3 times a week between 4 and 6 years of age (p < 0,05). On the opposite, these had a positive (preventive) effect: no yoghurts while breastfeeding (p < 0,05), homegrown fruits while breastfeeding (p < 0,05), smoked meat occasionally at age of 2 and doing so continuously in the following years (p < 0,005). CONCLUSIONS: From a wide range of data we got only few..