[elevatedastalt]

Hardly anyone even thinks about peanut allergies in a nation of 1.4 billion people (India) and kids don't drop dead like flies here.

But sure, let's just call the hygiene hypothesis tenuous.

[elric]

I thought the recommendation was to introduce some peanuts at an early age in order to reduce the risk of getting peanut allergies?

[yreg]

Peanut allergy prevalence in India seems to be 0.3%, while in the western countries it's 1.5-3%.

[kylehotchkiss]

Or even seasonal allergies to like pollen too, right? There’s just much more pressing breathing related issues to be concerned with (AQI etc)

[candiddevmike]

That's not at all the same thing.

[consteval]

Could it be that people in India have different genetic makeup than people in other countries?

I mean, many populations have more/less risk of many physiological things. That's just how it goes.

Black men are at much higher risk of prostate cancer. White people of melanoma. As a man, I pretty much don't have to worry about autoimmune disorders because my risk is 1/10th that of a woman's. But, my risk of heart disease is much higher - even at the same weight!

[arresin]

A: different genes, B: Different reporting standards, C: different access to healthcare for it to be reported