Childhood Food Allergies More Than Previously Reported

June 21, 2011

A new study has found that the prevalence and severity of childhood food allergies in the United States were more than previously reported and that they often resulted in severe symptoms and in allergies to multiple foods.  Based  on a survey of adults involving 38,480 children from June, 20[...]

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Food Allergy Awareness Week Is May 8 To 14, 2011

May 6, 2011

Food allergy is an abnormal response to a food, triggered by the body’s immune system. A food allergy occurs when the immune system responds to a harmless food as if it were a threat. The first time a person with food allergy is exposed to the food, no symptoms occur. But the body has been [&helli[...]

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