Allergy prevention and management [re-release] -

23 June 2026

May 2026.

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About this episode

As Australia marks Food Allergy Week (25-31 May 2026), we’re revisiting this important episode exploring research around nut allergy prevention and management. Australia continues to have one of the highest rates of food allergy in the world, with reactions ranging from mild symptoms through to life-threatening anaphylaxis.

In this episode, Dr Vicki McWilliam explains the current understanding of why allergies are so common in Australia and discusses the major shift in allergy prevention research – particularly the evidence supporting early introduction of peanuts in infancy. She also explores emerging research into allergy treatments and therapies, and what this could mean for the future management of peanut allergy.

This timely re-release provides health professionals with an evidence-based overview on one of the most important and rapidly-evolving areas in nutrition and allergy research.

About today’s guest

Dr Vicki McWilliam is a Clinician-Scientist Fellow at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, a Senior Dietitian at the Royal Children’s Hospital and a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne. Dr McWilliam is also an Associate Investigator for the Centre of Food Allergy Research and a member of the National Allergy Centre of Excellence Food Allergy Advisory Group.