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Allergies? What Allergies?
Last updated: Thu 7th Feb 2008 at 15:35
UoP researchers have shown that the amount of children with severe allergies has not increased. However, parents are assuming too quickly that their children have allergies to certain food types.
The survey included over 800 babies. The parents of over a third believed that their child had a severe allergy, however less than 60 of the children proved to actually have allergies.
Dr Venter, who led the research said “People have become more aware of food allergies, particularly of peanut allergy. Mums tend to put down every rash, tummy ache, diarrhoea and crying to food allergy or intolerance.”
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