Eggs Introduced Early in Complementary Feeding and Egg Specific IgE Antibodies: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Ecuador

The purpose of the study was to assess the safety of using eggs as a nutritional intervention for stunting in infants living in a rural indigenous community in Ecuador and to further understand the prevalence of egg allergy in this population. The Lulun Project was a randomized controlled trial conducted in a rural indigenous population in Ecuador. Infants age 6–9 months were recruited and randomly assigned to the intervention (1 egg/day; n =...