The number of Australian children with potentially life-threatening food allergies has increased fivefold since 1990, with an estimated one in 10 children affected by some type of food allergy today, shows new research.
The Murdoch Childrens Research Institute study, published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, assessed 5000 one-year old children, to determine their allergy to common allergic foods such as raw egg, peanuts, sesame, shellfish and cow’s milk.
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