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From The Scout Report, University of Wisconsin -- Madison Study documents dramatic rise in the incidence of food allergies among children Study: Food allergies on the rise in kids WebMD: Food Allergy in Kids Up 18% If you have a young child, you may be aware of the rising concerns about food allergies. This public health concern was well documented this week by the release of a new report from the National Center for Health Statistics, which look at a wide range of recent studies, including the National Hospital Discharge Survey and the National Health Interview Study. Overall, the researchers found that the number of children with food allergies has increased approximately 18% in the last ten years. Among those foods causing allergies, milk eggs, peanuts, walnuts, fish, and shellfish were some of the items that can bring on reactions such as a rash, wheezing, or vomiting. Researchers are quick to point out that they aren't entirely certain as to why American children seem to have higher incidences of allergies. Dr. Hugh Sampson, director of the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital, commented, "This seems to be primarily a phenomenon of Westernized countries, among people who have our kind of lifestyle and our kind of diet. You don’t see similar things in countries in Asia or in Africa." [KMG] |
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