What is the trend in food allergies and children?
The number of kids with reported food allergies has increased dramatically over the past two decades, but are kids really becoming more allergic over time? Whether these reports reflect more food allergies in kids or just more reporting of kids’ allergies by parents has been a topic of debate. Now new research from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics offers compelling evidence that this spike in childhood food allergies is for real. The study provides some of the “missing pieces” in our information on childhood allergies, says Amy Branum, lead author on the study and health statistician for the National Center for Health Statistics. “Most of the studies … up to this point have been in small populations and one demographic … the fact that we are seeing increases in reported prevalence among children of different race and age groups gives more compelling evidence that these increases may be real,” Branum says. The study confirmed past findings that the prevalence for chil
TORONTO, Nov. 16 /CNW/ – A newly published article provides further evidence that the prevalence of food allergies among children is increasing. The article, “Food Allergy Among Children in the United States” appears in the December issue of Pediatrics, a US medical journal. According to the study, 3.9% of children under 18 had a food allergy, an 18 percent increase from 1997-2007. In addition, visits to ambulatory facilities related to food allergies nearly tripled between 1993-1997 and 2003-2006. While the evidence is based on American studies, Canadian trends with respect to the percentage of children affected by food allergy are thought to mirror those of the US, given similarities in lifestyle. A food allergy prevalence study initiated by AllerGen, the Allergy, Genes and Environment Network and co-sponsored by Health Canada, is expected to be released next year. Anaphylaxis Canada, the national non-profit advocacy organization, hopes the new report will help debunk the growing tre
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