The environment and food allergy

Food allergy (FA) is an immune-mediated adverse reaction to food, which has become an important global public health problem affecting up to 8% of the children and up to 5% of the adults in the USA, UK, Canada, and Australia. 1 Peanut allergy alone affects up to 1.4-4.5% of infants and young children in these countries, reaching epidemic proportions. The prevalence of food-induced anaphylaxis is presumed to have increased significantly.

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