March 2, 2016

IT'S ALL IN YOUR MIND:

Most School Kids Who Report Food Allergies Don't Have Them (CHARLIE SORREL 03.02.16, Co.Exist)

Food sensitivities among young school kids aren't nearly as common as their parents would have you believe. According to a new Swedish study, "reported food hypersensitivity was eight times more common than allergies confirmed by allergy tests."

That is, for every 100 kids who come to school and tell teachers about their allergy or hypersensitivity to milk, eggs, fish, or wheat, only 12.5 of them actually have a real need to avoid those foods. And the problem gets worse as the kids get older.

Posted by at March 2, 2016 4:30 PM

  

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